A person with an antisocial personality disorder, manifested in aggressive, perverted, criminal, or amoral behavior without empathy or remorse.
[Back-formation from PSYCHOPATHIC.]
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psy·cho·path (sī'kə-păth') ![]() |
[Back-formation from PSYCHOPATHIC.]
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| Science Dictionary: psychopath |
A mentally unbalanced person who is inclined toward antisocial and criminal behavior. (Compare sociopath.)
| Medical Dictionary: psy·cho·path |
A person with an antisocial personality disorder, especially one manifested in perverted, criminal, or amoral behavior.
| WordNet: psychopath |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
Synonym: sociopath
| Translations: Psychopath |
Français (French)
n. - psychopathe
Deutsch (German)
n. - Psychopath
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ψυχολ.) ψυχοπαθής
Italiano (Italian)
psicopatico
Português (Portuguese)
n. - psicopata
Español (Spanish)
n. - psicópata
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - psykopat
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
精神病患者
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 精神病患者
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 精神病者, 精神病質者
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) شخص مضطرب عقليا, معتل النفس
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - אדם הסובל מהפרעה נפשית, בייחוד הנוהג אלימות חברתית, פסיכופת, אדם לא-יציב שכלית או רגשית
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