psychopath
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He also denied telling her in 2024 that he had been diagnosed as a psychopath.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Mitchell sees Aemond as a product of his circumstances, rather than just a murdering psychopath.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
But Bardem’s Max is a different breed of psychopath from those previously embodied by Roberts DeNiro and Mitchum.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Not everyone with psychopathic traits commits crimes, and not every person who commits a crime is a psychopath, but research has consistently linked psychopathy with a higher risk of violent behavior.
From Science Daily ● May 10, 2026
“No! Keep that psychopath away from me!” he screams.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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Which brings me back to psychopaths, who simply can’t see that their actions cause harm or just don’t care.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Earlier research had suggested that the striatum may be unusually active in psychopaths, but it was less clear whether the size of this brain region was also involved.
From Science Daily ● May 10, 2026
Historically, we have pathologized people who lack such impulses; they are known as psychopaths, and their qualities have been deemed incompatible with a functioning society.
From Slate ● Jan. 9, 2026
And contrary to common belief, very few killers are in fact psychopaths, especially domestic homicide perpetrators like the Menendez brothers.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024
People exhibiting this purest form of the disorder would become known, in the jargon of psychiatry, as “Cleckley” psychopaths.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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Common Senses: Path ("Feeling")
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Body Language: Psych ("Mind")
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