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sociopath

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


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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

"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

After five seasons, Penn Badgley says goodbye to the narcissistic sociopath character he portrayed in “You.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 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




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