Psychopath — meaning in English
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English meaning
- psycho noun An informal, often derogatory term for someone perceived as mentally disturbed or dangerously unstable.
- psychopath noun A person with a severe personality disorder marked by manipulation, lack of empathy, and disregard for others' safety or rights.
Senses
Psychopath is used for these senses in English:
- psycho (chiefly, derogatory, slang) A person who is psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.
- psychopath 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.
psycho — full definition
- noun An informal, often derogatory term for someone perceived as mentally disturbed or dangerously unstable.
- adj Describing someone or something wild, unhinged, or dangerously crazy.
psychopath — full definition
- noun A person with a severe personality disorder marked by manipulation, lack of empathy, and disregard for others' safety or rights.
- noun Loosely, someone who commits shockingly violent or bizarre acts.