Dictionary

psychopath en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsaɪkəpæθ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈsɐɪkəˌpæθ] (Canada, General-American) Canadian raising
• [ˈsɐɪkoʊˌpæθ] (Canada, General-American) Canadian raising
• /ˈsaɪkəʊpæθ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsaɪkəˌpæθ/ (Canada, General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθ/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

From German psychopathisch, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) + πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).

Meanings

1. A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, carelessness, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such a person may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses.
2. (figuratively) A person with no moral conscience.
   • Now the real difference between now and then was that Trump wasn't looking to do much of anything positive for the American people as a whole. He mainly enriched himself and his family and gave rich people another tax cut. I think as far as Republicans being psychopaths I would say yes but it's probably a bit more complicated. The party is struggling to message against the policies the Biden administration is working to pass because they are overall popular with the voters. The Republicans would normally talk about fiscal responsibility and harp on the national debt but I think their big business "donors" don't want to see the economy stall again so we aren't seeing their normal talking points. So instead they are stoking their base with culture war crap about freedom and Biden becoming an authoritarian. 2021 September 18, bhellbus, “Comment on 'Are the GOP psychopaths?'”, in r/chomsky, Reddit, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2022:
3. (figuratively) A person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts.
4. A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.
5. (obsolete) A person diagnosed with any mental disorder.

Forms

Coordinates

sociopath

Deriveds

psychopathy · sickopath · psychopathic · narcopath · philanthropath

Relateds

psychopathology · psychotic · psychosis · psycho

Translations (125)

sk psychopatka (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · ms psikopat (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · scn smarmànicu (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · sv psykfall (popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts) · be псіхапа́тка (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · ru психопа́тка (person who has no moral conscience) · fr psychopathe (person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder) · lv psihopāts (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · eo psikopato (person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder) · cmn 精神變態者 /精神变态者 (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · hu pszichopata (person who has no moral conscience) · hy պսիխոպաթ (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · scn psicupàticu (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · es psicópata (popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts) · ro psihopat (person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder) · da psykopat (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · pl psychopatka (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · ky психопат (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · it psicopatico (person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder) · sk psychopat (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · it psicopatico (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · tr psikopat (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · de Psychopath (person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder) · nl psychopaat (popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts) · ja 人格障害者 (person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder) · ja 人格障害者 (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · he פְּסִיכוֹפָּת (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · ja 精神病質者 (person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder) · bg психопа́т (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · fa سایکوپات (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · de Psychopath (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · ja サイコパス (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · be псыхапа́т (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · fr psychopathe (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · ga síceapatach (person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder) · pt psicopata (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · fi psykopaatti (person who has no moral conscience) · cs psychopat (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · cmn 精神病患者 (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · ja 精神病質者 (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · mk психопа́тка (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · ka ფსიქოპათი (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · be псыхапа́тка (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · el ψυχοπαθής (popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts) · mk психопа́т (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · it psicopatica (person who has no moral conscience) · cmn 變態者 /变态者 (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · ru психопа́т (popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts) · de Psychopath (person who has no moral conscience) · ru психопа́т (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · hu pszichopata (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · sl psihopatinja (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · it psicopatica (popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts) · kk есалаң (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · hu pszichopata (popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts) · pl psychopata (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · hu pszichopata (person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder) · ru псих (person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder) · el ψυχοπαθής (person who has no moral conscience) · bg психопа́т (person who has no moral conscience) · sv psyko (popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts) · it psicopatica (person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder) · it psicopatico (person who has no moral conscience) · cmn 精神病人 (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · ko 사이코패스 (person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder) · sq psikopat (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · ko 정신병질자 (person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder) · be псіхапа́т (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · et psühhopaat (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · sh психо̀пат (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · de Psychopatin (person who has no moral conscience) · tl sikopato (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · sv psykopat (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · scn pissicupàticu (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · ga síceapatach (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · nb psykopat (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · bg психопа́т (person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder) · ro psihopată (person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder) · ro psihopată (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · fi psykopaatti (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · yi פּסיכאָפּאַט (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · nl psychopaat (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · uk психопа́тка (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · de Psychopath (popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts) · tk psihopat (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · az psixopat (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · af psigopaat (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · lt psichopatas (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · ru психопа́т (person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder) · hi मनोरोगी (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · fi psykopaatti (popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts) · de Psychopathin (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · fi psykopaatti (person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder) · de Psychopatin (popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts) · ko 사이코패스 (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · io psikopato (person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder) · el ψυχοπαθής (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · sh psihòpat (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · tg психопат (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · cs psychopatka (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · es psicópata (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · nn psykopat (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · it psicopatico (popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts) · id psikopat (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · ru психопа́тка (person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder) · ja サイコパス (person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder) · bg психопа́т (popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts) · bg психопа́тка (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · it psicopatica (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · ro psihopat (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · ca psicòpata (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · uz psixopat (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · uk психопа́т (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · nl psychopaat (person who has no moral conscience) · ru психопа́т (person who has no moral conscience) · ru психопа́тка (popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts) · ru психопа́тка (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · el ψυχοπαθής (person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder) · ru псих (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · ko 정신병질자 (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · ga síceapatach (popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts) · de Psychopatin (person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder) · fa روانآزار (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy) · ga síceapatach (person who has no moral conscience) · sl psihopat (person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy)