psychopath
nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈsaɪkəʊpæθ//
- United Kingdom//ˈsaɪkəpæθ//
- Canada//ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθ//
- Canada/[ˈsɐɪkoʊˌpæθ]/
A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, carelessness, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such a person may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses.
noun
- 1
A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, carelessness, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such a person may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses.
- 2
figurativeA person with no moral conscience.
- 3
figurativeA person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts.
- 4
A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.
- 5
obsoleteA person diagnosed with any mental disorder.
Etymology
From German psychopathisch, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) + πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).
Forms
- plural
- psychopaths
psychopath · A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions…
psychosis · A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to…psychotic · Of, related to, or suffering from psychosis.Pu · A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.