Meanings
comparative more psychopathic · superlative most psychopathic
- Exhibiting the behaviors and personality traits of a psychopath.
A psychopathic killer is on the loose.
1 more example
[T]he psychopathic temperament, whatever be the intellect with which it finds itself paired, often brings with it ardor and excitability of character.
1902, William James, “Lecture I”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivesuffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
- Ancient Greekψῡχο- (psūkho-)
- Englishpsycho-
- Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
- Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
- Englishpsychopathic
Translations
Catalan psicopàtic
- psicopàticrelating to a psychopath
French psychopathique
- psychopathiquerelating to a psychopath
German psychopathisch
- psychopathischrelating to a psychopath
Greek ψυχοπαθής, ψυχοπαθητικός
- ψυχοπαθής (psychopathís)relating to a psychopath
- ψυχοπαθητικός (psychopathitikós)relating to a psychopath
Hindi पागलपन, मतिभ्रंश
- पागलपन (pāgalpan)relating to a psychopath
- मतिभ्रंश (matibhrañś)relating to a psychopath
- उन्माद (unmād)relating to a psychopath
Hungarian pszichopata, pszichopátiás
- pszichopatarelating to a psychopath
- pszichopátiásrelating to a psychopath
- pszichopatikusrelating to a psychopath
Irish síceapatach
- síceapatachrelating to a psychopath
Italian psicopatico, psicopatica
- psicopaticorelating to a psychopath
- psicopaticarelating to a psychopath
Polish psychopatyczny
- psychopatycznyrelating to a psychopath
Portuguese psicopático
- psicopáticorelating to a psychopath
Romanian psihopatic
- psihopaticrelating to a psychopath
Russian психопати́ческий
- психопати́ческий (psixopatíčeskij)relating to a psychopath
Spanish psicopático
- psicopáticorelating to a psychopath
Swedish psykopatisk
- psykopatiskrelating to a psychopath
Ukrainian психопати́чний
- психопати́чний (psyxopatýčnyj)relating to a psychopath
Cite this entry
psychopathic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychopathic
“psychopathic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychopathic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “psychopathic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychopathic.
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