noun

sociopath

SOH-see-uh-path

noun

A person with an antisocial personality disorder marked by a lack of empathy and disregard for others' rights.

"The film portrays the killer as a calculating sociopath."

How to Use Sociopath

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In plain EnglishSomeone who habitually disregards other people's feelings or rights, often manipulatively.

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Not an official clinical diagnosis by itself — clinicians typically use "antisocial personality disorder."

sociopaths plural

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The film portrays the killer as a calculating _____.

From socio- + -path (as in psychopath), first used around 1914.

psychopath