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Adjective
Using advanced neuroimaging techniques and the publicly accessible Julich-Brain Atlas, researchers from institutions in Germany and the University of Pennsylvania have pinpointed brain networks that show structural alterations in people exhibiting psychopathic traits.—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025 However, leaders with corporate psychopathic tendencies may drive distrust and fracture the organization.—Shawn Cole, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
The character is a pure psychopathic who drives a classic hot rod and has a fanatical love of Coors beer.—James Hibberd, EW.com, 24 Nov. 2020 They are popularly recognized as the motto of a fictional psychopathic supervillain.—Brian Murphy, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 May 2018 See All Example Sentences for psychopathic
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