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sociopathic

sociopathic

23 9.1
A person who does not care about other people's rights or feelings
  • adjective
  • /ˌsoʊsiəˈpæθɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sociopático
  • His sociopathic tendencies made it difficult for him to form genuine relationships with others.
  • sociopathic tendencies
  • sociopathic personality
  • sociopathic behavior

There's there are sociopathic mice who just kill other mice.

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Examples

  • We have all been living in a sociopathic fraud bubble for the last several decades.

    Blog text (12)
  • Politicians are four times more likely to be sociopathic than you and I.

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  • - High intelligence is not unusual with a sociopathic personality.

  • Yes, that makes you look sociopathic, not to mention your lack of regard for women's lives.

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  • In my experience, most of them exhibit what could be called sociopathic tendencies.

  • Locking the children in suggests a sociopathic personality.

  • Many have serious personality disorders with borderline or sociopathic features.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Maybe once in a while, in a strongly religious community, a sociopathic preacher could emerge.

    Blog text (1)
  • Many in mainstream society characterize gang members as psychopathic and sociopathic, yet understand relatively little about them.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Sadists typically exhibit sociopathic personalities, lacking guilt, shame, or remorse for their behavior.

    Academic text (2000)

Synonyms

psychopathic
vssociopathic
23 9.3

Not caring about others and often hurting them

focuses on lack of regard for others rights and feelings

Antonyms

151 3.7

Feeling concern and care for people who suffer

30 4.4

To understand and share other people's feelings

Compounds

1 9.5

A person who does not care about others, acts without thinking, and feels no guilt

How Antisocial

sociopathic
  • Specialized
23 9.1
antisocial
17 6.9
dissocial
  • UK
8.9
unsociable
2 5.3
compliant
31 5.1
sociable
21 1.6

Surface Forms

sociopathic positive

Morphology

sociopathic = sociopath (transparent) = sociopath + ic

The adjective is a regular formation from the noun 'sociopath' with '-ic' meaning 'relating to', so the relation is directly derivable.

Etymology

Sociopathic breaks into socio- meaning 'society' and -pathic from the Greek word 'pathos' meaning 'feeling', as in social and sympathy. So a sociopathic person is someone who shows little 'feeling' for other people or for society.