psychopath

See also: Psychopath

English

Etymology

From German psychopatisch, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) + πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθ/

Noun

psychopath (plural psychopaths)

1. A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, sexual promiscuity, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such an individual may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses.
2. (figuratively) A person with no moral conscience who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts.
3. A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.
4. (obsolete) A person diagnosed with any mental disorder.

Synonyms

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• sociopath

Derived terms

• psychopathic
• psychopathy

Related terms

• psycho
• psychopathology
• psychotic

Translations

person with a personality disorder

• Catalan: psicòpata (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 精神病人 (jīngshén bìngrén), 精神變態者, 精神变态者 (jīngshén biàntàizhě), 精神病患者 (jīngshénbìng huànzhě), 變態者, 变态者 (biàntàizhě)

• Czech: psychopat (cs) m
• Danish: psykopat c
• Finnish: psykopaatti (fi)
• French: psychopathe (fr) m or f
• German: Psychopath (de) m, Psychopathin f
• Greek: ψυχοπαθής (el) m (psychopathís)
• Irish: síceapatach m
• Italian: psicopatico (it) m, psicopatica (it) f

• Japanese: 精神病質者 (せいしんびょうしつしゃ, seishinbyōshitsusha), 人格障害者 (じんかくしょうがいしゃ, jinkakushōgaisha)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: psykopat m

  Nynorsk: psykopat m

• Polish: psychopata (pl) m, psychopatka (pl) f
• Portuguese: psicopata (pt) m or f
• Romanian: psihopat (ro) m, psihopată (ro) f
• Russian: психопа́т (ru) m (psixopát), психопа́тка (ru) f (psixopátka), (colloquial) псих (ru) m (psix)
• Spanish: psicópata (es) m or f
• Swedish: psykopat (sv) c
• Tagalog: sikopato

person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder

• Finnish: psykopaatti (fi)
• French: psychopathe (fr) m or f
• German: Psychopath (de) m, Psychopatin f
• Greek: ψυχοπαθής (el) m (psychopathís)
• Irish: síceapatach m

• Italian: psicopatico (it) m, psicopatica (it) f
• Japanese: 精神病質者 (せいしんびょうしつしゃ, seishinbyōshitsusha), 人格障害者 (じんかくしょうがいしゃ, jinkakushōgaisha)
• Romanian: psihopat (ro) m, psihopată (ro) f
• Russian: психопа́т (ru) m (psixopát), психопа́тка (ru) f (psixopátka), (colloquial) псих (ru) m (psix)

person who has no moral conscience

• Finnish: psykopaatti (fi)
• German: Psychopath (de) m, Psychopatin f
• Greek: ψυχοπαθής (el) m (psychopathís)

• Irish: síceapatach m
• Italian: psicopatico (it) m, psicopatica (it) f
• Russian: психопа́т (ru) m (psixopát), психопа́тка (ru) f (psixopátka)

popular: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts

• Finnish: psykopaatti (fi)
• German: Psychopath (de) m, Psychopatin f
• Greek: ψυχοπαθής (el) m (psychopathís)
• Irish: síceapatach m

• Italian: psicopatico (it) m, psicopatica (it) f
• Russian: психопа́т (ru) m (psixopát), психопа́тка (ru) f (psixopátka)
• Spanish: psicópata (es) m or f
• Swedish: psykfall (sv) n, psyko n