Psychopath

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 diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.
 * 3) A person who has no moral conscience.
 * 4) A person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts.

Synonyms

 * sociopath

Derived terms

 * psychopathy

Related terms

 * psycho
 * psychopathology
 * psychotic

Thesaurus
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