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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

A simpler way of putting it is that Pelicot has an antisocial personality disorder - a term preferred by psychiatrists these days to words such as psychopath or sociopath.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2024

Jolie won a supporting Oscar in 2000 for her performance as a charismatic sociopath in “Girl, Interrupted,” capping an extraordinary awards run from …

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2024

Since those calls, I have come to realize that those women simply did not understand that they had been dating a sociopath.

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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