psychopathic
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[edit]psychopathic (comparative more psychopathic, superlative most psychopathic)
- Exhibiting the behaviors and personality traits of a psychopath.
- A psychopathic killer is on the loose.
- 1902, William James, “Lecture I”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC:
- [T]he psychopathic temperament, whatever be the intellect with which it finds itself paired, often brings with it ardor and excitability of character.
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[edit]relating to a psychopath
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Noun
[edit]psychopathic (plural psychopathics)
- (dated) A psychopath.
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