psychopath
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- From German psychopatisch, from Greek ψυχή psyche "soul" + πάθος pathos "suffering".
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psychopath (plural psychopaths)
- A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, exploitativeness, heedlessness, arrogance, sexual promiscuity, low self-control, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such an individual may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses.
- A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.
- A person who has no moral conscience.
- Popular A person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts.
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a person with a personality disorder
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a person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder
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a person who has no moral conscience
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popular: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts
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- French: psychopathe m.
