Sociopath
/ˈsəʊ.si.ə(ʊ)ˌpæθ/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person with an antisocial personality disorder.
"And Keith Rabois, an early executive at PayPal and LinkedIn, who in 2016 called Trump a “sociopath”, pledged $1mn to his campaign."
- 2 someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (‘psychopath’ was once widely used but has now been superseded by ‘sociopath’) wordnet
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"The hallmark of a sociopath is a lack of empathy."
Etymology
From socio- + -path. First use appears c. 1914.