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Meanings of psychopath in anglès

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personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')

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Examples for "sociopath"
Examples for "sociopath"
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The Fish Man was either a true innocent or a true sociopath.
Homicide: a year on the killing streets
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In American hands, terrifying sociopath Finchy is simply sexist buffoon Todd Packer.
The Guardian
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Yasin may be a genius, but he is still a dangerous sociopath.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
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In Bill's opinion, he was a sociopath, a man without a conscience.
Journey
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But today Archie isn't the confident, angry sociopath I've grown accustomed to.
The Hunger Pains
Usage of psychopath in anglès
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He's a psychopath, but he should really know more about sterile technique.
Wired
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He hoped that the young man would not develop into a psychopath.
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
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We assume that Salander is a psychopath, but even psychopaths need motives.
The girl who played with fire
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For all the fear he's engendered he still remains a punk psychopath.
The bourne ultimatum
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A psychopath placed a picture of Katy and me in her grave.
Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
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Neuroscientist Jim Fallon found out he was a psychopath whilst studying psychopaths.
Radio NZ
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It's about a cat-and-mouse game between a psychopath and a retired detective.
The Irish Times
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I'm alone in a desert with a psychopath who is my brother.
Desert places: a novel of terror
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Lastport had painted Chesterton as an anarchist, a menace, and a psychopath.
Arcanum Unbounded
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If the textbooks are to be believed, this makes me a psychopath.
The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
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So is it always bad to have a psychopath in your life?
Radio NZ
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Only a psychopath could inject babies and be indifferent to the results.
The Irish Times
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Today the people of Britain will re-elect a psychopath as their prime minister.
The Irish Times
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But Phoenix wanted to create a criminal psychopath who wasn't easy to categorise.
News.com.au
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A spokeswoman for another abortion clinic described Paul Hill as a dangerous psychopath.
The god delusion
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That would be warrior, law enforcer, killer, psychopath and party animal.
Reuters
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Psychopath through the time
Psychopath across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common