noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsaɪkəʊpæθ/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsaɪkəpæθ/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, carelessness, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such a person may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A person with no moral conscience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A person diagnosed with any mental disorder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sociopath
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: neurotic, psychoneurotic, mental case
History
Etymology
From German psychopathisch, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) + πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).
Across languages
Translations
125 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
psigopaat
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Albanian:
psikopat
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Armenian:
պսիխոպաթ
(psixopatʻ)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Azerbaijani:
psixopat
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Belarusian:
псіхапа́т
(psixapát)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Belarusian:
псіхапа́тка
(psixapátka)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Belarusian:
псыхапа́т
(psyxapát)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Belarusian:
псыхапа́тка
(psyxapátka)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Bulgarian:
психопа́т
(psihopát)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Bulgarian:
психопа́тка
(psihopátka)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Catalan:
psicòpata
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Chinese Mandarin:
精神病人
(jīngshén bìngrén)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Chinese Mandarin:
精神變態者 /精神变态者
(jīngshén biàntàizhě)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Chinese Mandarin:
精神病患者
(jīngshénbìng huànzhě)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Chinese Mandarin:
變態者 /变态者
(biàntàizhě)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Czech:
psychopat
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Czech:
psychopatka
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Danish:
psykopat
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Dutch:
psychopaat
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Estonian:
psühhopaat
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Finnish:
psykopaatti
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
French:
psychopathe
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Georgian:
ფსიქოპათი
(psikoṗati)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
German:
Psychopath
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
German:
Psychopathin
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Greek:
ψυχοπαθής
(psychopathís)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Hebrew:
פְּסִיכוֹפָּת
(psikhopát)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Hindi:
मनोरोगी
(manorogī)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Hungarian:
pszichopata
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Indonesian:
psikopat
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Irish:
síceapatach
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Italian:
psicopatico
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Italian:
psicopatica
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Japanese:
サイコパス
(saikopasu)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Japanese:
精神病質者
(seishinbyōshitsusha)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Japanese:
人格障害者
(jinkakushōgaisha)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Kazakh:
есалаң
(esalañ)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Korean:
사이코패스
(saikopaeseu)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Korean:
정신병질자
(jeongsinbyeongjilja)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Kyrgyz:
психопат
(psihopat)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Latvian:
psihopāts
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Lithuanian:
psichopatas
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Macedonian:
психопа́т
(psihopát)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Macedonian:
психопа́тка
(psihopátka)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Malay:
psikopat
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Norwegian Bokmål:
psykopat
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Norwegian Nynorsk:
psykopat
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Persian:
روانآزار
(ravân-âzâr)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Persian:
سایکوپات
(sâykopât)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Polish:
psychopata
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Polish:
psychopatka
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Portuguese:
psicopata
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Romanian:
psihopat
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Romanian:
psihopată
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Russian:
психопа́т
(psixopát)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Russian:
психопа́тка
(psixopátka)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Russian:
псих
(psix)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Serbo-Croatian:
психо̀пат
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Serbo-Croatian:
psihòpat
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Sicilian:
pissicupàticu
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Sicilian:
psicupàticu
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Sicilian:
smarmànicu
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Slovak:
psychopat
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Slovak:
psychopatka
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Slovene:
psihopat
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Slovene:
psihopatinja
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Spanish:
psicópata
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Swedish:
psykopat
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Tagalog:
sikopato
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Tajik:
психопат
(psixopat)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Turkish:
psikopat
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Turkmen:
psihopat
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Ukrainian:
психопа́т
(psyxopát)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Ukrainian:
психопа́тка
(psyxopátka)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Uzbek:
psixopat
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Yiddish:
פּסיכאָפּאַט
(psikhopat)
— person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy
Bulgarian:
психопа́т
(psihopát)
— person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder
Esperanto:
psikopato
— person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder
Finnish:
psykopaatti
— person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder
French:
psychopathe
— person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder
German:
Psychopath
— person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder
German:
Psychopatin
— person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder
Greek:
ψυχοπαθής
(psychopathís)
— person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder
Hungarian:
pszichopata
— person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder
Ido:
psikopato
— person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder
Irish:
síceapatach
— person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder
Italian:
psicopatico
— person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder
Italian:
psicopatica
— person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder
Japanese:
サイコパス
(saikopasu)
— person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder
Japanese:
精神病質者
(seishinbyōshitsusha)
— person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder
Japanese:
人格障害者
(jinkakushōgaisha)
— person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder
Korean:
사이코패스
(saikopaeseu)
— person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder
Korean:
정신병질자
(jeongsinbyeongjilja)
— person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder
Romanian:
psihopat
— person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder
Romanian:
psihopată
— person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder
Russian:
психопа́т
(psixopát)
— person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder
Russian:
психопа́тка
(psixopátka)
— person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder
Russian:
псих
(psix)
— person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder
Bulgarian:
психопа́т
(psihopát)
— person who has no moral conscience
Dutch:
psychopaat
— person who has no moral conscience
Finnish:
psykopaatti
— person who has no moral conscience
German:
Psychopath
— person who has no moral conscience
German:
Psychopatin
— person who has no moral conscience
Greek:
ψυχοπαθής
(psychopathís)
— person who has no moral conscience
Hungarian:
pszichopata
— person who has no moral conscience
Irish:
síceapatach
— person who has no moral conscience
Italian:
psicopatico
— person who has no moral conscience
Italian:
psicopatica
— person who has no moral conscience
Russian:
психопа́т
(psixopát)
— person who has no moral conscience
Russian:
психопа́тка
(psixopátka)
— person who has no moral conscience
Bulgarian:
психопа́т
(psihopát)
— popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts
Dutch:
psychopaat
— popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts
Finnish:
psykopaatti
— popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts
German:
Psychopath
— popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts
German:
Psychopatin
— popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts
Greek:
ψυχοπαθής
(psychopathís)
— popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts
Hungarian:
pszichopata
— popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts
Irish:
síceapatach
— popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts
Italian:
psicopatico
— popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts
Italian:
psicopatica
— popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts
Russian:
психопа́т
(psixopát)
— popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts
Russian:
психопа́тка
(psixopátka)
— popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts
Spanish:
psicópata
— popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts
Swedish:
psykfall
— popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts
Swedish:
psyko
— popularly: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts
