sociopath
pronunciation
How to pronounce sociopath in British English:
UK [ˈsəʊsiəʊpæθ]
How to pronounce sociopath in American English:
US [ˈsoʊsioʊpæθ]
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- Noun:
- someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
Word Origin
- sociopath (n.)
- 1930, coined by psychologist G.E. Partridge from socio- on model of psychopath.
Example
- 1. The man is a sociopath .
- 2. Is it because you are a vicious sociopath ?
- 3. All this assumes , of course , that she is not just a miserly sociopath .
- 4. Could this mean our favorite high functioning sociopath will be arrogantly flipping up his collar for the last time ?
- 5. So have a very eric cantor christmas , america , and as that smug four-eyed sociopath drives the entire nation off the cliff , don 't say I didn 't warn you .