Meanings
plural sociopaths
- 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.
2024 July 20, Tabby Kinder, George Hammond, Hannah Murphy, Alex Rogers, quoting Keith Rabois, “Has Silicon Valley gone Maga?”, in FT Weekend (Big Read section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomeone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (‘psychopath’ was once widely used but has now been superseded by ‘sociopath’)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From socio- + -path. First use appears c. 1914.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian социопа́т
- социопа́т (sociopát)person with antisocial personality disorder
Catalan sociòpata
- sociòpataperson with antisocial personality disorder
Chinese Mandarin 反社會者 /反社会者, 反社會人士 /反社会人士
- 反社會者 /反社会者 (fǎnshèhuìzhě)person with antisocial personality disorder
- 反社會人士 /反社会人士 (fǎnshèhuì rénshì)person with antisocial personality disorder
- 反社會人格者 /反社会人格者 (fǎnshèhuì réngé zhě)person with antisocial personality disorder
Czech sociopat
- sociopatperson with antisocial personality disorder
Dutch sociopaat
- sociopaatperson with antisocial personality disorder
Estonian sotsiopaat
- sotsiopaatperson with antisocial personality disorder
Finnish sosiopaatti
- sosiopaattiperson with antisocial personality disorder
French sociopathe
- sociopatheperson with antisocial personality disorder
German Soziopath, Soziopathin
- Soziopathperson with antisocial personality disorder
- Soziopathinperson with antisocial personality disorder
Greek κοινωνιοπαθής
- κοινωνιοπαθής (koinoniopathís)person with antisocial personality disorder
Hungarian szociopata
- szociopataperson with antisocial personality disorder
Irish sochapatach
- sochapatachperson with antisocial personality disorder
Italian sociopatico, sociopatica
- sociopaticoperson with antisocial personality disorder
- sociopaticaperson with antisocial personality disorder
Japanese ソシオパス, 反社会性パーソナリティ障害
- ソシオパス (soshiopasu)person with antisocial personality disorder
- 反社会性パーソナリティ障害 (hanshakaisei pāsonariti shōgai)person with antisocial personality disorder
Korean 소시오패스, 반사회성 인격장애
- 소시오패스 (sosiopaeseu)person with antisocial personality disorder
- 반사회성 인격장애 (bansahoeseong in'gyeokjang'ae)person with antisocial personality disorder
Polish socjopata, socjopatka
- socjopataperson with antisocial personality disorder
- socjopatkaperson with antisocial personality disorder
Portuguese sociopata
- sociopataperson with antisocial personality disorder
Romanian sociopat
- sociopatperson with antisocial personality disorder
Russian социопа́т, социопа́тка
- социопа́т (sociopát)person with antisocial personality disorder
- социопа́тка (sociopátka)person with antisocial personality disorder
Slovak sociopat
- sociopatperson with antisocial personality disorder
Spanish sociópata
- sociópataperson with antisocial personality disorder
Swedish sociopat
- sociopatperson with antisocial personality disorder
Turkish sosyopat
- sosyopatperson with antisocial personality disorder
Ukrainian соціопа́т, соціопа́тка
- соціопа́т (sociopát)person with antisocial personality disorder
- соціопа́тка (sociopátka)person with antisocial personality disorder
Cite this entry
sociopath. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sociopath
“sociopath.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sociopath. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sociopath,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sociopath.
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