sociopath
Example Sentences
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The actor could easily put his skills to use playing a duplicitous sociopath in a psychological drama, but as a comedy “Killing” is simply dead.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
Just stand there and stare like a sociopath.
From Salon • Nov. 9, 2025
As portrayed in “Death by Lightning,” Guiteau is a rotten-toothed, scheming, big-dreaming, delusional charlatan and possible sociopath.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025
She laughs and jokes that "I'd be like, 'Oh no I found a sociopath'".
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025
Incidentally, Malcolm also thought that Matthew was a sociopath.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
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Common Senses: Path ("Feeling")
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