psychopath
See also: Psychopath
English
Etymology
From German psychopatisch, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) + πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
psychopath (plural psychopaths)
- 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.
- (figurative) A person with no moral conscience who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts.
- A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.
- (obsolete) A person diagnosed with any mental disorder.
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Translations
person with a personality disorder
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person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder
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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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