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Psychopath | Psychopathic | Psychopaths | Psychopathology | Psychopathy | Psychopathia | Psychopathological

Psychopath meaning

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

Synonyms of Psychopath

sociopath neurotic psychoneurotic mental case

Related words

Other words often associated with Psychopath or its synonyms:

hysteric maladjusted compulsive hypochondriacal disturbed hypochondriac delusional disturbance sufferer megalomaniacal folie monomaniacal

Using Psychopath

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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. | A person with no moral conscience. | A person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts.
  • Useful related words include: sociopath, neurotic, psychoneurotic, mental case.
  • In the example corpus, psychopath often appears in combinations such as: psychopath and, psychopath who, of psychopath.

Context around Psychopath

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

violent 2× hardened 1× murderous 1× murdering 1× corporate 1× brutal 1× budding 1× goodnik 1× sicilian 1×

Often after:

damien 2× actively 1× ritchson 1× intoxicated 1× tests 1× responsible 1× crooks 1× whip 1× sheila 1×

Sentence patterns with Psychopath

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

by violent psychopath damien bendall 2× a brutal psychopath who terrorizes 1× a budding psychopath and likely 1× a corporate psychopath 1× a hardened psychopath ritchson and 1× a murdering psychopath who has 1× derided a psychopath for consuming 1× evil murderous psychopath he abused 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

angela smith s 2× accused of her 1× an evil murderous 1× and yet despite 1× eventually the sociopath 1× former plymouthlive journalist 1×

Common sentence endings:

a corporate psychopath 1× a double team 1× and even kill 1× brother in law 1× derbys in 2021 1× killamarsh in 2021 1×

Words around Psychopath

Just before it in the word index:

psychoneurosis 2 psychonauts 2 psychomotor 4 psychometrics 7 psychometricians 8 psychometric 16

Just after it in the word index:

psychopathia 4 psychopathic 45 psychopathological 2 psychopathology 20 psychopaths 25 psychopathy 10

Similar in corpus frequency:

absa 83 absconding 83 accretion 83 aerosols 83 affray 83 agar 83

Corpus analysis for Psychopath

  • In this selection, "psychopath" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, violent, hardened, murderous, damien, actively and ritchson stand out and add context to how "psychopath" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include by violent psychopath damien bendall and a brutal psychopath who terrorizes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "psychopath" sits close to words such as absa, absconding and accretion, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with psychopath

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

So, is your boss a corporate psychopath? (7 words)

The kid is a budding psychopath and likely could be diagnosed with conduct disorder. (14 words)

An evil, murderous psychopath, he abused the people and only stayed in power because of the Roman Army. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

He also criticised PC X’s choice of dress for “as he perceived it, being too revealing”, told her she was a “psychopath”, and taking PC X’s work locker key without her knowledge and rummaging through the contents. (39 words)

The Entertainment Weekly article also goes on to describe his version as "a brutal psychopath who terrorizes anyone he crosses paths with," which is a stark contrast from any version of Lex Luthor ever put to screen. (37 words)

Former PlymouthLive journalist Zhara Simpson was among them, admitting she'd gladly return, despite being derided a psychopath for consuming her burger with cutlery - a fair point to note, one might argue. (32 words)

Question examples

So, is your boss a corporate psychopath? (7 words)

Exclamation examples

Uppercut from the Sicilian Psychopath, whip reversed, big chop, jawbreaker, Gargano tags in and they lay Tozawa out with a double-team! (22 words)

Example sentences (20)

Eventually, the sociopath metastasizes into a psychopath, a very dangerous state—a state in which the psychopath actively devises to harm, hurt, and even kill.

Accused of her murder, Jeremi Camilleri told police he wanted "to be famous" and that he was "a psychopath and proud" as officers attempted to arrest him.

And yet despite the ease of making such a figure a hardened psychopath, Ritchson and the script deliver a surprising amount of nuance in a very short time.

An evil, murderous psychopath, he abused the people and only stayed in power because of the Roman Army.

He also criticised PC X’s choice of dress for “as he perceived it, being too revealing”, told her she was a “psychopath”, and taking PC X’s work locker key without her knowledge and rummaging through the contents.

Israel is systematically carrying out its plan under the leadership of a psychopath intoxicated on American weapon technology, taxpayers’ money to fund his wars, and enabled by prevailing Western double standards.

Police said she became obsessed with murder from TV programmess and books and scored highly on psychopath tests.

Sammy “the rat” Gravano is a murdering psychopath who has admitted to killing in cold blood at least 19 people, including his closest friend and brother in law.

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So, is your boss a corporate psychopath?

The Entertainment Weekly article also goes on to describe his version as "a brutal psychopath who terrorizes anyone he crosses paths with," which is a stark contrast from any version of Lex Luthor ever put to screen.

The kid is a budding psychopath and likely could be diagnosed with conduct disorder.

The plot starts when Dr. Tenma saves the life of a little kid called Johan, just to learn that Johan is a psychopath responsible for a string of killings.

They’re no-goodnik psychopath crooks, and my sympathies are reserved for their victims, not for their turf claims or their lame excuses for calling out their hired — or conscripted — guns.

To Casey’s horror, he realizes too late that Sensei is a psychopath, and he’s already got blackmail information on Casey himself.

Uppercut from the Sicilian Psychopath, whip reversed, big chop, jawbreaker, Gargano tags in and they lay Tozawa out with a double-team!

Wyatt and Liam are used to Bill doing some wild things, but shacking up with psychopath Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown) wasn’t on their Bingo card.

Angela Smith's pregnant daughter Terri Harris, 35, was brutally killed by violent psychopath Damien Bendall at her home in Killamarsh, Derbys, in 2021.

Angela Smith's pregnant daughter Terri Harris, 35, was brutally killed by violent psychopath Damien Bendall at her home in Killamarsh, in 2021.

Former PlymouthLive journalist Zhara Simpson was among them, admitting she'd gladly return, despite being derided a psychopath for consuming her burger with cutlery - a fair point to note, one might argue.

He says that even though therapy might help her, a psychopath like her can never be fully cured and needs to be behind bars for the rest of her life.

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Common combinations with psychopath

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "psychopath" in a sentence?
An example: "Eventually, the sociopath metastasizes into a psychopath, a very dangerous state—a state in which the psychopath actively devises to harm, hurt, and even kill." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "psychopath" from authentic English texts.
What does "psychopath" mean?
Psychopath means: 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.
What are synonyms of "psychopath"?
Common synonyms of "psychopath" include: sociopath, neurotic, psychoneurotic, mental case.
How many example sentences with "psychopath" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "psychopath", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.