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sociopath
[ soh-see-uh-path, soh-shee- ]
noun
- a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
sociopath
/ ˌsəʊsɪˈɒpəθɪ; ˈsəʊsɪəˌpæθ /
noun
- psychiatry another name for psychopath
sociopath
- Someone whose social behavior is extremely abnormal. Sociopaths are interested only in their personal needs and desires, without concern for the effects of their behavior on others. ( Compare psychopath .)
Derived Forms
- sociopathy, noun
- ˌdzˈ貹ٳ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- c··貹ٳi adjective
- ··DZ··ٳ [soh-see-, op, -, uh, -thee, soh-shee-], noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sociopath1
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Example Sentences
Legislators zeroed in on Maher’s statements before she became head of NPR, in which she called Trump “a deranged racist sociopath” and described the terms “boy” and “girl” as “erasing language for nonbinary people.”
“Even in the department they work in, you have to keep an eye over your shoulder. A sociopath does pretty well in this environment, but you don’t want too many sociopaths in the same department.”
It is, unfortunately, the heyday of the harmful sociopath and the abusive clinical narcissist.
After he dropped out of the race in August, Kennedy endorsed Trump, a man he had previously labeled a likely “sociopath.”
He dropped out of the race in August and endorsed Trump, a man he had previously described as “probably a sociopath.”
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