psychopath
/ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθ/ noun C1- 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.
- A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.
Plural psychopaths
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