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psychopath
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun psychopath has 1 sense
- psychopath(n = noun.person) sociopath - someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath'); Array is a kind of mental case, neurotic, psychoneurotic
OXFORD DICTIONARY
psychopath, n.
1 a person suffering from chronic mental disorder esp. with abnormal or violent social behaviour.
2 a mentally or emotionally unstable person.
1 a person suffering from chronic mental disorder esp. with abnormal or violent social behaviour.
2 a mentally or emotionally unstable person.
Derivative
psychopathic adj. psychopathically adv.
THESAURUS
psychopath
alcoholic, alternating personality, antisocial personality, catatoniac, certifiable case, disordered personality, disturbed personality, double personality, drug user, dual personality, emotionally unstable personality, escapist, hostile personality, hypochondriac, hypochondriast, idiot, imaginary invalid, immature personality, inadequate personality, inferior personality, malade imaginaire, maladjusted personality, manic-depressive, mental, mental case, mentally defective personality, moral insanity, multiple personality, neuropath, neurotic, neurotic personality, paranoiac, paranoid, paranoid personality, perverse personality, psycho, psychoneurotic, psychopathic case, psychopathic personality, psychotic, psychotic personality, schiz, schizo, schizoid, schizoid personality, schizophrenic, schizy, seclusive personality, sexual psychopath, shut-in personality, sociopath, split personality, valetudinarian, valetudinary, weak personality
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