psychopathic

[ sahy-kuh-path-ik ]

/ ˌsaɪ kəˈpæθ ɪk /

of, relating to, or affected with psychopathy.

Origin of psychopathic

First recorded in 1840–50; psychopath(y) + -ic

non·psy·cho·path·ic, adjective un·psy·cho·path·ic, adjective

And when that “ideal self” is psychopathic, there is little that can be done to stop them.

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The Collector is forever ensconced in the pantheon of psychopathic core texts.

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Indeed, those at the higher end of the psychopathic spectrum are often stars in the professional world.

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The time is now to rid yet another West African country of a tyrant and a psychopathic leadership.

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Unfortunately for Drew Barrymore, this means that a psychopathic Mel Gibson is threatening to drive to her house if she hangs up.

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Sometimes I get to feeling that they will end up as—as psychopathic barbarians.

Erik Dorn |Ben Hecht
Accordingly he is to remain in the psychopathic ward to which he was consigned "at the request of his aged mother."

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, June 2, 1920 |Various
A little girl, twelve years old, was one day brought to the psychopathic clinic connected with the Chicago juvenile court.

A New Conscience And An Ancient Evil |Jane Addams
In Germany a psychopathic hospital now exists in every university town, under the name of Psychiatrische Klinik.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 5 |Various
The foreign terms 'déséquilibré,' 'hereditary degenerate,' and 'psychopathic' subject, have arisen in response to the same need.

Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals |William James

psychopathic

[ sī′kə-păth′ĭk ]

Of, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy.

Relating to or affected with an antisocial personality disorder that is usually characterized by aggressive, perverted, criminal, or amoral behavior.