sociopath

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sociopath

  • /ˈsəʊ.si.ə(ʊ)ˌpæθ/
  • /ˈsəʊ.ʃə(ʊ)ˌpæθ/

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From socio- + -path. First use appears c. 1914.

noun sociopaths

  1. A person with an antisocial personality disorder. And Keith Rabois, an early executive at PayPal and LinkedIn, who in 2016 called Trump a “sociopath”, pledged $1mn to his campaign.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: psychopath, psychotic, psycho, sociopathic, antisocial, aspd, asocial, psychopathic, schizotypal, schizoid, sociocide, schizophreniac, schizoaffective, schizoidia, schizophrenic, autist

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noun person with antisocial personality disorder

Españolsociópata
한국어소시오패스 sosiopaeseu, 반사회성 인격장애 bansahoeseong in'gyeokjang'ae
日本語ソシオパス soshiopasu, 反社会性パーソナリティ障害 hanshakaisei pāsonariti shōgai
中文反社會者 /反社会者 fǎnshèhuìzhě, 反社會人士 /反社会人士 fǎnshèhuì rénshì, 反社會人格者 /反社会人格者 fǎnshèhuì réngé zhě
Portuguêssociopata
Françaissociopathe
DeutschSoziopath, Soziopathin
Italianosociopatico, sociopatica
Ελληνικάκοινωνιοπαθής koinoniopathís
Românăsociopat
Русскийсоциопа́т sociopát, социопа́тка sociopátka

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@misc{sociopath_2026,
  title = {sociopath},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sociopath},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}