sociopath

noun

so·​cio·​path ˈsō-sē-ə-ˌpath  ˈsō-sh(ē-)ə- 

: a sociopathic individual : psychopath

Examples of sociopath in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Patricia Highsmith spent nearly five decades creating monsters and sociopaths that readers couldn’t help but fall in love with. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 26 Aug. 2026

Zeizel mentioned her googling questions about whether sociopaths can be treated, as well as what the symptoms of hallucinations and psychosis are, days before the killings. — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 19 Aug. 2026

The language of a sociopath is very easy to have a mustached, twirly guy speaking and pontificating and vaguely threatening tropes, but to really give him a kind of humanity, vulnerability. — Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026

Fassbender says only a sociopath would do the things Martian does. — Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sociopath

• aftermath
• multipath
• psychopath
• bloodbath
• footpath
• towpath
• warpath
• hath
• lath
• math
• path
• rath

Medical Definition

sociopath

noun

so·​cio·​path ˈsō-sē-ə-ˌpath  ˈsō-sh(ē-)ə- 

: a sociopathic individual