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- [sahy-kuh-path]
- /ˈsaɪ kəˌpæθ/
- /ˈsaɪ.kə.pæθ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sahy-kuh-path]
- /ˈsaɪ kəˌpæθ/
Definitions of psychopath word
- noun psychopath a person with a psychopathic personality, which manifests as amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc. 1
- noun psychopath sb with serious personality disorder 1
- countable noun psychopath A psychopath is someone who has serious mental problems and who may act in a violent way without feeling sorry for what they have done. 0
- noun psychopath a person afflicted with a personality disorder characterized by a tendency to commit antisocial and sometimes violent acts and a failure to feel guilt for such acts 0
- noun psychopath a person suffering from a mental disorder; specif., psychopathic personality 0
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Origin of psychopath
First appearance:
before 1880 One of the 23% newest English words
First recorded in 1880-85; psycho- + -path
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Parts of speech for Psychopath
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psychopath popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
psychopath usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for psychopath
noun psychopath
- antisocial personality — a personality disorder, beginning early in life, characterized by chronic and continuous antisocial behavior in which the rights of others are violated, as by lying, stealing, or aggressive sexual behavior.
- bedlamite — a lunatic; insane person
- crazies — mentally deranged; demented; insane.
- dement — to deteriorate mentally, esp because of old age
- demoniac — of, like, or suggestive of a demon; demonic
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