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sociopath

[soh-see-uh-path, soh-shee-] / ˈsoʊ si əˌpæθ, ˈsoʊ ʃi- /


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The actor could easily put his skills to use playing a duplicitous sociopath in a psychological drama, but as a comedy “Killing” is simply dead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Just stand there and stare like a sociopath.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2025

As portrayed in “Death by Lightning,” Guiteau is a rotten-toothed, scheming, big-dreaming, delusional charlatan and possible sociopath.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

She laughs and jokes that "I'd be like, 'Oh no I found a sociopath'".

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025

The kind that makes me wonder if my brother is a sociopath.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson