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psychopath

 
Dictionary: psy·cho·path   ('kə-păth') pronunciation
n.
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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Science Dictionary: psychopath
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(seye-kuh-path)

A mentally unbalanced person who is inclined toward antisocial and criminal behavior. (Compare sociopath.)

Medical Dictionary: psy·cho·path
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('kə-păth')
n.

A person with an antisocial personality disorder, especially one manifested in perverted, criminal, or amoral behavior.

WordNet: psychopath
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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personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')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
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - psykopat

Nederlands (Dutch)
psychopaat

Français (French)
n. - psychopathe

Deutsch (German)
n. - Psychopath

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ψυχολ.) ψυχοπαθής

Italiano (Italian)
psicopatico

Português (Portuguese)
n. - psicopata

Русский (Russian)
психопат

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

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 정신병질자

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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