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psychopath

noun [C]
 
 
/ˈsaɪ.kə.pæθ/

Definition

specialized in psychology (= the scientific study of the human mind), a person who has no feeling for other people, does not think about the future, and does not feel bad about anything they have done in the pastScience of psychology and psychoanalysisMind and personality (informal psycho) someone who is very mentally ill and dangerousOf unsound mindStupid and silly psychopathic
 
 
/-ˈpæθ.ɪk/ adjective (informal psycho)
A series of unsolved murders on the island has raised fears that a psychopathic serial killer is on the loose.Science of psychology and psychoanalysisMind and personality
(Definition of psychopath noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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