| 单词 | psychopath |
| 释义 | psychopath (once / 25418 pages) n It would be unfortunate to end up alone in an elevator with a psychopath. A psychopath is a mentally ill person with violent tendencies. Psychopath is a psychiatric term that refers to a person suffering from a mental illness involving violent behavior or various kinds of abnormal social interactions. A person who's been diagnosed as a psychopath has a lot of trouble interacting with other people and living a normal life. The noun psychopath is also used casually to mean simply a bizarre or unpredictably violent person. The word comes from the Greek words for "mind" and "suffering": psykhe and pathos. WORD FAMILYpsychopath: psychopaths USAGE EXAMPLESFor some, calling a serial killer a psychopath is somehow excusing them. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) Another compared the dinner with a subplot from HBO’s “Game of Thrones” involving a psychopath’s grotesque physical and emotional debasement of a nobleman’s son. Washington Post(Dec 09, 2016) These actors were reprising the psychopaths they played in previous movies, yet in each case Ms. Lupino’s character prevails. New York Times(Nov 24, 2016) n someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath') Syn|Hyper sociopath mental case, neurotic, psychoneurotic a person suffering from neurosis |
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