psychopath

Meaning

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.
2. (figuratively) A person with no moral conscience.
3. (figuratively) A person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts.
4. A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.
5. (obsolete) A person diagnosed with any mental disorder.

Synonyms

sociopath

crank

psycho

lunatic

weirdo

psychopathic personality

callousness

delusions of grandeur

exploiting

glibness

Translations

psicopatico

ψυχοπαθής

psicópata

psychopathe

psicopatica

Psychopath

psicopata

Psychopatin

psicòpata

psikopat

Psychopathin

ruh hastası

سيكوبات

Soziopath

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθ/

Etymology

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

Sentences

As in the films , Harry Callahan walks the line between bad cop and psychopath .