psychopath
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- noun
- /ˈsaɪkəpæθ/
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psicópata
- It's also strange to think that a psychopath can be charming, yet educated and extremely manipulative.
But he was also an absolute monster and a psychopath in many ways.
- But he was also an absolute monster and a psychopath in many ways.
- You know, true psychopaths, true sadists.
- What why does psychopaths act like they do?
- They don't become sweet, but the psychopaths may not be as dangerous.
- And the guy who played him played psychopath brilliantly.
- This all sounds extreme and we use using the word psychopath, but he is.
- And the German society elected a psychopath like Adolf Hitler.
- So somehow I've always psychopaths, I've always opened up to me, I guess.
- It's just like actually giving little psychopaths with no moral.
- And is she a psychopath murderer that everyone thinks she is?
- So mad people who aren't scared, psychopaths not scared.
- I have a brand new psychopath test question.
Examples
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Many people are fascinated by the behavior of a psychopath and how their minds work.
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The classic post-offense behavior for a psychopath is to become involved in the investigation.
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And we have a psychopath at the helm of the US government.
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The crime was also committed for a rational motive and was never the work of a psychopath.
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We know your father hated him enough to kill him... we know your father's a psychopath...
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Also, a lot of psychopaths are reasonably successful.
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Yes, and some women got themselves murdered by psychopaths for their daring.
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People who lack moral emotions we call psychopaths or sociopaths.
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The detective suspected that the suspect was a psychopath due to his lack of remorse after committing the crime.
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Researchers study psychopaths to understand their manipulative behavior and emotional detachment.
Synonyms
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A person who harms or tricks others and does not feel guilty
How Mentally Stable
Surface Forms
Morphology
psychopath = psycho + path
The word is built from classical bound forms psycho- and path, but the psychiatric meaning is specialized and not fully predictable from the parts for an average learner.
Etymology
The word psychopath comes from the Greek parts psyche meaning 'mind' and pathos meaning 'suffering' or 'disease', so it can be thought of as 'mind-sickness'. You can see psyche in psychology and pathos in pathology, and that's why psychopath describes a person whose mind is 'sick' in a way that makes them lack normal feelings for others and sometimes hurt them.