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psychopath
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psy·cho·path  (sk-pth)
n.
A person with an antisocial personality disorder, manifested in aggressive, perverted, criminal, or amoral behavior without empathy or remorse.
[Back-formation from psychopathic.]
psychopath [ˈsaɪkəʊˌpæθ]
n
(Psychiatry) a person afflicted with a personality disorder characterized by a tendency to commit antisocial and sometimes violent acts and a failure to feel guilt for such acts Also called sociopath
psychopathic  adj
psychopathically  adv
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Noun1.psychopath - someone with a sociopathic personalitypsychopath - someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
sociopath
mental case, neurotic, psychoneurotic - a person suffering from neurosis
psychopath
noun madman, lunatic, maniac, psychotic, nutter (Brit. slang), basket case (slang), nutcase (slang), sociopath, headcase (informal), mental case (slang), headbanger (informal), insane person She was abducted by a dangerous psychopath.
Translations
psychopath [ˈsaɪkəʊpæθ] N → psicópata mf
psychopath [ˈsaɪkəʊpæθ] n → psychopathe mf
psychopath
n → Psychopath(in) m(f)
psychopath [ˈsaɪkəʊˌpæθ] n → psicopatico/a
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