psy·cho·path

[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.
Compare sociopath.


Origin:
1880–85; psycho- + -path

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psychopath (ˈsaɪkəʊˌpæθ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Also called: sociopath 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
 
psycho'pathic
 
adj
 
psycho'pathically
 
adv

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Medical Dictionary

psychopath psy·cho·path (sī'kə-pāth')
n.
A person with an antisocial personality disorder, especially one manifested in perverted, criminal, or amoral behavior.

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psychopath [(seye-kuh-path)]

A mentally unbalanced person who is inclined toward antisocial and criminal behavior. (Compare sociopath.)

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Example sentences
One of them was a thirteen-year-old psychopath who showed no remorse about
  having pulled the trigger.
Harry is still the sort of guy who believes that if you spare the rod you spoil
  the psychopath.
The antagonist is clearly portrayed as a megalomaniac and a psychopath.
Most of our large companies require you to be a psychopath to fill in the top
  executive rolls.
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