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PSYCHOPATH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does psychopath mean? 

PSYCHOPATH (noun)
  The noun PSYCHOPATH has 1 sense:

1. someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder ('psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by 'sociopath')play

  Familiarity information: PSYCHOPATH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PSYCHOPATH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder ('psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by 'sociopath')

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

psychopath; sociopath

Hypernyms ("psychopath" is a kind of...):

mental case; neurotic; psychoneurotic (a person suffering from neurosis)


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