someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
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sociopath::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | psychopath |
| Type of | mental case, neurotic, psychoneurotic |
| Derivation | sociopathic |
Examples of sociopath
sociopath
A sociopath does not register emotion, but can mimic it in a convincing manner.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Hopefully, we have come up with some insights into the type of sociopath he is.
From the kansas.com
Bottom line, she is likely a sociopath who just happened to become a professor.
From the well.blogs.nytimes.com
I knew Olson as well as anyone can know a homicidal and narcissistic sociopath.
From the huffingtonpost.com
Satan is a sociopath after all and has every evil thing and then some within him.
From the entertainment.time.com
Years later, like any artful sociopath, Gadhafi denied having ever said the words.
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He was a sociopath with a great deal of charm who went through a lot of money.
From the bloomberg.com
Or a sociopath like Qaadafi terrorizes commercial airliners and gets pardoned?
From the economist.com
I've never met anyone who I thought was a sociopath or evil beyond redemption.
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- Someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
- Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD or APD) is defined by the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual as "...a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood. ...
- (Sociopaths) Psychopathy was until 1980 the term used for a personality disorder characterized by an abnormal lack of empathy combined with strongly amoral conduct but masked by an ability to appear outwardly normal. ...
- A person with an antisocial personality disorder, exhibiting antisocial behavior that usually is the result of social and environmental factors in the person's early life
- (sociopathy) this sense?) The property of being a sociopath
- Sylar, The Joker, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and Hannibal Lector are criminally insane and incapable of controlling their murderous urges.
- Someone with better-than-average social skills and intelligence who is motivated primarily by a simplistic hedonistic desire to serve him/herself. ...
- A predatory person without the natural empathy for others that prevents most people from being completely evil
