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sociopath

[soh-see-uh-path, soh-shee-] / ˈsoʊ si əˌpæθ, ˈsoʊ ʃi- /


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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

Why not plant a high-functioning sociopath as a teacher in a building full of obnoxious, attitudinal, hormonal basket cases?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

She laughs and jokes that "I'd be like, 'Oh no I found a sociopath'".

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025

They can recognize that they are being lied to, even being manipulated, but still they believe that somewhere inside the sociopath there is a human being like they are, perhaps a hurting soul gone astray.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2024

The kind that makes me wonder if my brother is a sociopath.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson




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