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Rarepsychopath
The correct spelling is psychopath.
How to pronounce psychopath
noun
IPA: /ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθ/
Say it like: Syk-opa-th
The correct spelling is psychopath. A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, sexual promisc…
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Definition
noun
- 1.A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, sexual promiscuity, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such an individual may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses.
- 2.A person with no moral conscience who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts.
- 3.A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.
- 4.A person diagnosed with any mental disorder.
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