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psychopath

[sahy-kuh-path] / ˈsaɪ kəˌpæθ /


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He’s a rescue mutt, and I like to joke he’s part Pyrenees, part psychopath.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

The 34-year-old, who finished 21st in Beijing four years ago, came second in Friday's training, proclaiming himself a very satisfied "psychopath" after overcoming mental and physical challenges.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

You’d be unwise to look to the movies for economic insight—this one amounts to an extended fatuous argument that an individual who behaved like a corporate restructuring would be a psychopath.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

A simpler way of putting it is that Pelicot has an antisocial personality disorder - a term preferred by psychiatrists these days to words such as psychopath or sociopath.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2024

She glanced over her shoulder at Cain, who was joking with Grave as if he weren’t a demon-summoning psychopath.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas