psychopathic

English

Etymology

From psycho- +‎ -pathic.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθɪk/, /ˈsaɪkəˈpæθɪk/

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Adjective

psychopathic (comparative more psychopathic, superlative most psychopathic)

1. 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.

Hypernyms

• psychopathologic, psychopathological (as explained there)

Translations

relating to a psychopath

• Belarusian: псіхапаты́чны (psixapatýčny)
• Catalan: psicopàtic
• French: psychopathique (fr)
• German: psychopathisch (de)
• Hindi: पागलपन (hi) (pāgalpan), मतिभ्रंश (hi) (matibhrañś), उन्माद (hi) (unmād)
• Hungarian: pszichopata (hu), pszichopátiás, pszichopatikus (hu)
• Irish: síceapatach
• Italian: psicopatico (it) m, psicopatica (it) f
• Polish: psychopatyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: psicopático
• Russian: психопати́ческий (ru) (psixopatíčeskij)
• Spanish: psicopático
• Swedish: psykopatisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: психопати́чний (psyxopatýčnyj)

Noun

psychopathic (plural psychopathics)

1. (dated) A psychopath.