psychopath

/ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθ/

noun

  1. 1

    A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, sexual promiscuity, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such an individual may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses.

  2. 2

    A person with no moral conscience who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts.

  3. 3

    A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.

  4. 4

    A person diagnosed with any mental disorder.

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