psychopath
noun
psy·cho·path
ˈsī-kə-ˌpath 
ˈsī-kō-
: a mentally unstable person
especially
: a person having an egocentric and antisocial personality marked by a lack of remorse for one's actions, an absence of empathy for others, and often criminal tendencies
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declared that he was a dangerous psychopath
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Finger-pointing is done as the adults bicker over who’s really a psychopath.
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Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Apr. 2025
On the madman’s tail is Elena (Giovanna Grigio), an ambitious young journalist who wants to make a name for herself in her boys-club newsroom by finding the psychopath before the cops do.
—Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The first introduced the audience to the cast of the film: Sally Hawkins, playing a kindly foster mother who — as Danny introduced her — might be a psychopath, Billy Barratt and Sora Wong as her two new foster kids, and Jonah Wren Phillips as her younger, troubled foster son.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2025
In separate filings, the defense is also asking the court to limit the use of the words murder, psychopath and sociopath.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2025
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Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Apr. 2025
On the madman’s tail is Elena (Giovanna Grigio), an ambitious young journalist who wants to make a name for herself in her boys-club newsroom by finding the psychopath before the cops do.
—Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The first introduced the audience to the cast of the film: Sally Hawkins, playing a kindly foster mother who — as Danny introduced her — might be a psychopath, Billy Barratt and Sora Wong as her two new foster kids, and Jonah Wren Phillips as her younger, troubled foster son.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2025
In separate filings, the defense is also asking the court to limit the use of the words murder, psychopath and sociopath.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for psychopath
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“Psychopath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/psychopath. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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psychopath
noun
psy·cho·path
ˈsī-kə-ˌpath
: a mentally ill or unstable person
especially
: one who does not feel guilty about not living up to normal social and moral responsibilities and exhibits a disregard for the feelings and safety of others
Medical Definition
psychopath
noun
psy·cho·path
ˈsī-kə-ˌpath
1
: a person having an egocentric and antisocial personality marked by a lack of remorse for one's actions, an absence of empathy for others, and often criminal tendencies
2
formerly
: a person with antisocial personality disorder
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