26984 words

psychopathic

3 definitions • 5 examples
1
relating to or suffering from the condition of psychopathy (= a condition in which someone has no feeling for others and does not feel bad about anything they have done):

Examples:

A series of unsolved murders on the island has raised fears that a psychopathic serial killer is on the loose.
He was said to have a psychopathic personality.
He is part of the 0.5 per cent of the population who can be classified as psychopathic.
2
morally bad and dangerous or harmful:

Examples:

People are helpless in the face of psychopathic corporations.
3
crazy:

Examples:

He is not very good at snooker but makes up for this with almost psychopathic competitiveness.

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