Meaning

5 senses
  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.

    Psychopath, Psychopathin

    психопа́тpsixopát, психопа́ткаpsixopátka, психpsix

    психопа́тpsyxopát, психопа́ткаpsyxopátka

  2. (figuratively)A person with no moral conscience.

    Psychopath, Psychopatin

    психопа́тpsixopát, психопа́ткаpsixopátka

  3. (figuratively)A person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts.

    Psychopath, Psychopatin

    психопа́тpsixopát, психопа́ткаpsixopátka

  4. A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.

    Psychopath, Psychopatin

    психопа́тpsixopát, психопа́ткаpsixopátka, психpsix

    someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (‘psychopath’ was once widely used but has now been superseded by ‘sociopath’)

  5. (obsolete)A person diagnosed with any mental disorder.

Examples

48 sentences
  1. I think Tom is a dangerous psychopath.

    Я думаю, що Том — небезпечний психопат.

    deIch halte Tom für einen gefährlichen Psychopathen.

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  2. I think that Tom is a dangerous psychopath.

    Я думаю, що Том — небезпечний психопат.

    deIch halte Tom für einen gefährlichen Psychopathen.

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  3. Tom is a psychopath.

    Том — психопат.

    ruТом - психопат.

    deTom ist ein Psychopath.

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  4. I'm not a psychopath.

    ruЯ не психопат.

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  5. Tom isn't a psychopath.

    deTom ist kein Psychopath.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy:
Русский
By meaning 1
person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy:
person who has no moral conscience:

Origin

From German psychopathisch, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) + πάθος (páthos, “suf

From German psychopathisch, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) + πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).

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Forms

plural: psychopaths
Singularpsychopath
Pluralpsychopaths

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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