psychopath
/ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθ/IPA: /S AY1 K OW0 P AE0 TH/
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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