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psicopata — 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

psicopata is used for these senses in English:

  • psycho (colloquial, or, pejorative) Psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.
  • psycho (chiefly, derogatory, slang) A person who is psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.
  • psycho (chiefly, derogatory, slang, broadly) A person who acts in a bizarre or dangerous manner.
  • 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

  1. noun An informal, often derogatory term for someone perceived as mentally disturbed or dangerously unstable.
  2. adj Describing someone or something wild, unhinged, or dangerously crazy.

psychopath — full definition

  1. noun A person with a severe personality disorder marked by manipulation, lack of empathy, and disregard for others' safety or rights.
  2. noun Loosely, someone who commits shockingly violent or bizarre acts.
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