psychopath

See also: Psychopath

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθ/, /ˈsaɪkəˌpæθ/

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Noun

psychopath (plural psychopaths)

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.

   Hyponym: prosocial psychopath

2. (figurative) A person with no moral conscience.
   • 2021 September 18, bhellbus, “Comment on 'Are the GOP psychopaths?'”, in r/chomsky‎^[1], Reddit, archived from the original on 10 December 2022:

     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.

3. (figurative) 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.

Synonyms

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• sociopath

Derived terms

• psychopathic
• psychopathy

 

Related terms

• psycho
• psychopathology
• psychotic

 

Translations

person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy

• Albanian: psikopat (sq) m
• Armenian: պսիխոպաթ (hy) (psixopatʻ)
• Azerbaijani: psixopat
• Belarusian: псіхапа́т m (psixapát), псіхапа́тка f (psixapátka), псыхапа́т m (psyxapát), псыхапа́тка f (psyxapátka)
• Bulgarian: психопа́т (bg) m (psihopát), психопа́тка f (psihopátka)
• Catalan: psicòpata (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 精神病人 (jīngshén bìngrén), 精神變態者／精神变态者 (jīngshén biàntàizhě), 精神病患者 (jīngshénbìng huànzhě), 變態者／变态者 (biàntàizhě)

• Czech: psychopat (cs) m, psychopatka f
• Danish: psykopat c
• Dutch: psychopaat (nl) m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: psühhopaat
• Finnish: psykopaatti (fi)
• French: psychopathe (fr) m or f
• Georgian: ფსიქოპათი (psikoṗati)
• German: Psychopath (de) m, Psychopathin (de) f
• Greek: ψυχοπαθής (el) m (psychopathís)
• Hebrew: פְּסִיכוֹפָּת (psikhopát)
• Hindi: मनोरोगी m (manorogī)
• Hungarian: pszichopata (hu)
• Indonesian: psikopat (id)
• Irish: síceapatach m
• Italian: psicopatico (it) m, psicopatica (it) f
• Japanese: 精神病質者 (せいしんびょうしつしゃ, seishinbyōshitsusha), 人格障害者 (じんかくしょうがいしゃ, jinkakushōgaisha)
• Kazakh: есалаң (esalañ)
• Korean: 사이코패스 (saikopaeseu)
• Kyrgyz: психопат (ky) (psihopat)
• Latvian: psihopāts m
• Lithuanian: psichopatas m
• Macedonian: психопа́т m (psihopát), психопа́тка f (psihopátka)
• Malay: psikopat
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: psykopat m

  Nynorsk: psykopat m

• Persian: روان‌آزار (fa) (ravân-âzâr), سایکوپات (sâykopât)
• Polish: psychopata (pl) m, psychopatka (pl) f
• Portuguese: psicopata (pt) m or f
• Romanian: psihopat (ro) m, psihopată (ro) f
• Russian: психопа́т (ru) m (psixopát), психопа́тка (ru) f (psixopátka), (colloquial) псих (ru) m (psix)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: психо̀пат m

  Roman: psihòpat (sh) m

• Sicilian: pissicupàticu m, psicupàticu m, smarmànicu (scn) m
• Slovak: psychopat m, psychopatka f
• Slovene: psihopat (sl) m, psihopatinja f
• Spanish: psicópata (es) m or f
• Swedish: psykopat (sv) c
• Tagalog: sikopato
• Tajik: психопат (psixopat)
• Turkish: psikopat (tr)
• Turkmen: psihopat
• Ukrainian: психопа́т m (psyxopát), психопа́тка f (psyxopátka)
• Uzbek: psixopat
• Yiddish: פּסיכאָפּאַט m (psikhopat)

person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder

• Bulgarian: психопа́т (bg) m (psihopát)
• Esperanto: psikopato
• Finnish: psykopaatti (fi)
• French: psychopathe (fr) m or f
• German: Psychopath (de) m, Psychopatin f
• Greek: ψυχοπαθής (el) m (psychopathís)
• Hungarian: pszichopata (hu)
• Ido: psikopato (io)
• Irish: síceapatach m
• Italian: psicopatico (it) m, psicopatica (it) f
• Japanese: 精神病質者 (せいしんびょうしつしゃ, seishinbyōshitsusha), 人格障害者 (じんかくしょうがいしゃ, jinkakushōgaisha)
• Romanian: psihopat (ro) m, psihopată (ro) f
• Russian: психопа́т (ru) m (psixopát), психопа́тка (ru) f (psixopátka), (colloquial) псих (ru) m (psix)

person who has no moral conscience

• Bulgarian: психопа́т (bg) m (psihopát)
• Dutch: psychopaat (nl) m
• Finnish: psykopaatti (fi)
• German: Psychopath (de) m, Psychopatin f
• Greek: ψυχοπαθής (el) m (psychopathís)
• Hungarian: pszichopata (hu)
• Irish: síceapatach m
• Italian: psicopatico (it) m, psicopatica (it) f
• Russian: психопа́т (ru) m (psixopát), психопа́тка (ru) f (psixopátka)

popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts

• Bulgarian: психопа́т (bg) m (psihopát)
• Dutch: psychopaat (nl) m
• Finnish: psykopaatti (fi)
• German: Psychopath (de) m, Psychopatin f
• Greek: ψυχοπαθής (el) m (psychopathís)
• Hungarian: pszichopata (hu)
• Irish: síceapatach m
• Italian: psicopatico (it) m, psicopatica (it) f
• Russian: психопа́т (ru) m (psixopát), психопа́тка (ru) f (psixopátka)
• Spanish: psicópata (es) m or f
• Swedish: psykfall (sv) n, psyko n