SOCIOPATH

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder ('psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by 'sociopath')

Synonyms:

psychopath; sociopath

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("sociopath" is a kind of...):

mental case; neurotic; psychoneurotic (a person suffering from neurosis)

Derivation:

sociopathic (of or relating to a sociopathic personality disorder)

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