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psychopath

noun as in person who is mentally deranged, often prone to hurt others

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Its newer persona suggests a softer side, a demon looking creature but finally not a psychopath, merely a misunderstood everyman with feathers.

It’s the kind of TV Patrick Bateman from American Psycho would have if he were just a normal rich guy and not a murderous psychopath.

In April 2007, after a solid 34-year run in prison — back when noted psychopaths were a slight exception to the three-decade limit — Filho was released for the first time.

From Ozy

With very little information, people can guess at rates above chance whether someone is a psychopath.

We both had maybe a little bit of a twisted interest in psychopaths, dictators — psychopaths of all stripes.

From Vox

In rambling posts, he called himself a loser, and wrote that he must be either bipolar or a psychopath.

For urgent enquiries, or indeed any enquiries, please contact someone who is not an insane psychopath.

In his late 20s, Cumming confronted his father about his abuse; in response, his father insisted, “I am not a psychopath.”

Dude looks just like Richie Cunningham—Sunday, Monday—Psychopath!

Game of Thrones had an overly sensual libertine while House of Cards had a manipulative psychopath.

He barely rated above average on the corporate psychopath meter.

For an accusation of physical coercion and threat of rape would be far less convincing from a psychopath.

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On this page you'll find 15 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to psychopath, such as: lunatic, maniac, psycho, sociopath, nutcase, and psychotic.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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