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psychopaths

US/ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθs/

psychopaths is the plural of psychopath.

Meaning of psychopath

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.
  2. (figuratively) A person with no moral conscience.
    • 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...2021 September 18, bhellbus, “Comment on 'Are the GOP psychopaths?'”, in r/chomsky, Reddit, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2022
  3. (figuratively) 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.

Questions about psychopaths

What is psychopaths the plural of?
Psychopaths is the plural of psychopath.
How do you pronounce psychopaths?
Psychopaths is pronounced /ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθs/ (US).

Words near psychopaths in the dictionary

  1. psychopathologized
  2. psychopathologizes
  3. psychopathologizing
  4. psychopathology
  5. psychopathophysiology
  6. psychopaths
  7. psychopathy
  8. psychopedagogic
  9. psychopedagogically
  10. psychopedagogist
  11. psychopedagogy

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