psychopathic
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθɪk/, /ˈsaɪkəˈpæθɪk/
Adjective
psychopathic (comparative more psychopathic, superlative most psychopathic)
- Exhibiting the behaviors and personality traits of a psychopath.
- A psychopathic killer is on the loose.
- 1902, William James, “Lecture I”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience […] , London: Longmans, Green & Co.:
- [T]he psychopathic temperament, whatever be the intellect with which it finds itself paired, often brings with it ardor and excitability of character.
Hypernyms
Translations
relating to a psychopath
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