psychopath

n//ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθ//

psykopat, psykfall, psyko

  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. (figurative) A person with no moral conscience.

  3. A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.

  4. (figurative) A person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts.

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