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Meanings of psychopath in English

Catalan
psicòpata

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personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')

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Usage of psychopath in English
1
He's a psychopath, but he should really know more about sterile technique.
Wired
2
He hoped that the young man would not develop into a psychopath.
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
3
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
5
A psychopath placed a picture of Katy and me in her grave.
Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
6
Neuroscientist Jim Fallon found out he was a psychopath whilst studying psychopaths.
Radio NZ
7
It's about a cat-and-mouse game between a psychopath and a retired detective.
The Irish Times
8
I'm alone in a desert with a psychopath who is my brother.
Desert places: a novel of terror
9
Lastport had painted Chesterton as an anarchist, a menace, and a psychopath.
Arcanum Unbounded
10
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
12
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
14
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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Catalan
psicòpata
Psychopath through the time
Psychopath across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common