psychopathic

psychopathic

English

Etymology

From psycho- +‎ -pathic.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθɪk/, /ˈsaɪkəˈpæθɪk/

Adjective

psychopathic (comparative more psychopathic, superlative most psychopathic)

1. Exhibiting the behaviors and personality traits of a psychopath.

   A psychopathic killer is on the loose.

   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience Lecture I:

     [T]he psychopathic temperament, whatever be the intellect with which it finds itself paired, often brings with it ardor and excitability of character.

Hypernyms

• psychopathologic, psychopathological (as explained there)

Translations

relating to a psychopath

Belarusian: псіхапаты́чны (psixapatýčny) Catalan: psicopàtic French: psychopathique (fr) German: psychopatisch Hindi: पागलपन (hi) (pāgalpan), मतिभ्रंश (hi) (matibhranś), उन्माद (hi) (unmād) Hungarian: pszichopata (hu), pszichopátiás, pszichopatikus Irish: síceapatach Italian: psicopatico (it) m, psicopatica (it) f Polish: psychopatyczny (pl) Portuguese: psicopático Russian: психопати́ческий (ru) (psixopatíčeskij) Spanish: psicopático Swedish: psykopatisk Ukrainian: психопати́чний (psyxopatýčnyj)

Noun

psychopathic (plural psychopathics)

1. (dated) A psychopath.