Meaning

1 senses
  1. A person with an antisocial personality disorder.

    Soziopath, Soziopathin

    социопа́тsociopát, социопа́ткаsociopátka

    соціопа́тsociopát, соціопа́ткаsociopátka

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personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (‘psychopath’ was once widely used but has now been superseded by ‘sociopath’)

Examples

209 sentences
  1. I knew Tom was a sociopath.

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  2. I knew that Tom was a sociopath.

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  3. I'm not a sociopath.

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  4. Callous, unemotional children can sometimes become adult sociopaths.

    Бездушні, байдужі діти іноді можуть виростати соціопатами.

    ruБездушные, неэмоциональные дети могут иногда становиться социопатами, взрослея.

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  5. Only a sociopath could do something like that.

    Лише соціопат міг би зробити щось на кшталт цього.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person with antisocial personality disorder:
Русский
By meaning 1
person with antisocial personality disorder:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person with antisocial personality disorder:

Origin

From socio- + -path. First use appears c. 1914.

From socio- + -path. First use appears c. 1914.

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Forms

plural: sociopaths
Singularsociopath
Pluralsociopaths

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personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (‘psychopath’ was once widely used but has now been superseded by ‘sociopath’):psychopath

Word family

4 related words

See also

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