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psychopath
[ sahy-kuh-path ]
noun
- a person with a psychopathic personality, which manifests as amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
psychopath
/ ˈsaɪkəʊˌpæθ /
noun
- a person afflicted with a personality disorder characterized by a tendency to commit antisocial and sometimes violent acts and a failure to feel guilt for such acts Also calledsociopath
psychopath
- A mentally unbalanced person who is inclined toward antisocial and criminal behavior. ( Compare sociopath .)
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Derived Forms
- ˌpsychoˈpathic, adjective
- ˌpsychoˈpathically, adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of psychopath1
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Example Sentences
In rambling posts, he called himself a loser, and wrote that he must be either bipolar or a psychopath.
For urgent enquiries, or indeed any enquiries, please contact someone who is not an insane psychopath.
In his late 20s, Cumming confronted his father about his abuse; in response, his father insisted, “I am not a psychopath.”
Dude looks just like Richie Cunningham—Sunday, Monday—Psychopath!
Game of Thrones had an overly sensual libertine while House of Cards had a manipulative psychopath.
He barely rated above average on the corporate psychopath meter.
For an accusation of physical coercion and threat of rape would be far less convincing from a psychopath.
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