sociopathic
adjective
so·cio·path·ic
ˌsō-sē-ə-ˈpa-thik 
ˌsō-sh(ē-)ə-
ˌsō-sh(ē-)ə-
: of, relating to, or characterized by asocial or antisocial behavior or exhibiting antisocial personality disorder
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Ellis joined the cast for the second season as a married sociopathic professor who has an affair with Bree.
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Dana Feldman, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
For much of the movie’s first half, Andrews sends Michael journeying through night-time landscapes — which obscure violent imagery before revealing it at specific, gut-churning moments — in order to either gather his flock, or enact revenge on a father-son duo who seem downright sociopathic.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 10 Sep. 2024
In a way, she’s disassociated from that and compartmentalized it in some sociopathic, pathological way.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2024
Not only is there practically no cash to be lifted from the election-night party, but the job completely unravels when their sociopathic team captain (rapper Jack Harlow) goes rogue and decides to hold Mayor Miccelli (Ron Perlman) and his cronies at gunpoint.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 1 Aug. 2024
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Dana Feldman, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
For much of the movie’s first half, Andrews sends Michael journeying through night-time landscapes — which obscure violent imagery before revealing it at specific, gut-churning moments — in order to either gather his flock, or enact revenge on a father-son duo who seem downright sociopathic.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 10 Sep. 2024
In a way, she’s disassociated from that and compartmentalized it in some sociopathic, pathological way.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2024
Not only is there practically no cash to be lifted from the election-night party, but the job completely unravels when their sociopathic team captain (rapper Jack Harlow) goes rogue and decides to hold Mayor Miccelli (Ron Perlman) and his cronies at gunpoint.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 1 Aug. 2024
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sociopathic
adjective
so·cio·path·ic
ˌsō-sē-ə-ˈpath-ik
ˌsō-sh(ē-)ə-
ˌsō-sh(ē-)ə-
: of, relating to, or characterized by asocial or antisocial behavior or an antisocial personality
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