sociopath

He takes no sensual pleasure in his destruction of Othello and Cassio, just the studied satisfaction of a sociopath watching with appreciation, as if from a distance, the malignant results of his handiwork.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

In one scene it lingers for what struck me as an inexplicably, even discomfitingly long time on the handsome face of a young sociopath pranking a pair of little kids with small stones.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026

"All but one of the characters is a sociopath, so the movie works on almost no levels. I love to put it on and yell at it."

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2025

It is, unfortunately, the heyday of the harmful sociopath and the abusive clinical narcissist.

From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2025

Incidentally, Malcolm also thought that Matthew was a sociopath.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson

If the way people become incredibly wealthy is by just being con artists — as opposed to sociopaths, which is how they used to get incredibly wealthy — it’s even less attractive.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

Rhys: There’s a couple of ways — a light dabble of narcissists, sociopaths, “The Psychopath Test” by Jon Ronson.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025

One of the theater’s more prominent sociopaths gets a makeover in “Hedda,” director Nia DaCosta’s reimagining of “Hedda Gabler,” with an approach that opens up the play—and an interpretive can of worms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025

But sociopaths do exist—and in American society they become billionaires.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2024

I’ve heard about sociopaths, people who connect with no one but themselves and their own self-interests.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson