- psychopath
- noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1885 a mentally ill or unstable person; especially a person affected with antisocial personality disorder
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Psychopath — Sm krankhaft verhaltensgestörter Mensch per. Wortschatz fach. (19. Jh.) Neoklassische Bildung. Neubildung des 20. Jhs. zu gr. psӯchḗ f. Lebenshauch, Seele und gr. páthos n. Leid, Leiden . Adjektiv: psychopathisch. Ebenso nndl. psychopaat, ne.… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
Psychopath — Psychopath→Wahnsinniger … Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme
psychopath — 1885, back formation from PSYCHOPATHIC (Cf. psychopathic) … Etymology dictionary
psychopath — [n] person who is mentally deranged, often prone to hurt others antisocial personality, insane person, lunatic, mad person, maniac, mental case*, nutcase*, psycho*, psychotic, schizoid*, sociopath, unstable personality; concept 412 … New thesaurus
psychopath — ► NOUN ▪ a person suffering from chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behaviour. DERIVATIVES psychopathic adjective … English terms dictionary
psychopath — [sī′kō path΄, sī′kəpath΄] n. [back form. < PSYCHOPATHY] a person suffering from a mental disorder; specif., PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY … English World dictionary
psychopath — [[t]sa͟ɪkoʊpæθ[/t]] psychopaths N COUNT A psychopath is someone who has serious mental problems and who may act in a violent way without feeling sorry for what they have done. She was abducted by a dangerous psychopath … English dictionary
psychopath — UK [ˈsaɪkəʊpæθ] / US [ˈsaɪkəˌpæθ] noun [countable] Word forms psychopath : singular psychopath plural psychopaths someone who has a serious mental illness that makes them behave in a very violent way towards people Derived word: psychopathic UK… … English dictionary
Psychopath — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 F60 Spezifische Persönlichkeitsstörungen F60.0 Paranoide Persönlichkeitsstörung F60.1 … Deutsch Wikipedia
psychopath — Synonyms and related words: alcoholic, alternating personality, antisocial personality, catatoniac, certifiable case, disordered personality, disturbed personality, double personality, drug user, dual personality, emotionally unstable personality … Moby Thesaurus
Psychopath — Psy·cho·pa̲th der; en, en; gespr; jemand, dessen Verhalten gestört oder krankhaft ist || NB: der Psychopath; den, dem, des Psychopathen || hierzu psy·cho·pa̲·thisch Adj … Langenscheidt Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache
