"sociopath" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsoʊ.si.əˌpæθ/ [US], /ˈsoʊ.si.oʊˌpæθ/ [US] Forms: sociopaths [plural]
Etymology: Coined circa 1930 by George Everett Partridge, American psychologist; socio- + -path. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|socio|path}} socio- + -path Head templates: {{en-noun}} sociopath (plural sociopaths)
  1. A person with an antisocial personality disorder. Wikipedia link: George E. Partridge Categories (topical): People, Stock characters Derived forms: sociopathy, sociopathic Related terms: psychopath Translations (person with antisocial personality disorder): сацыяпа́т (sacyjapát) [masculine] (Belarusian), сацыяпа́тка (sacyjapátka) [feminine] (Belarusian), социопа́т (sociopát) [masculine] (Bulgarian), sociòpata [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 反社會者 (Chinese Mandarin), 反社会者 (fǎnshèhuìzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), 反社會人士 (Chinese Mandarin), 反社会人士 (fǎnshèhuì rénshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 反社會人格者 (Chinese Mandarin), 反社会人格者 (fǎnshèhuì réngé zhě) (Chinese Mandarin), sociopat [masculine] (Czech), psychopaat [masculine] (Dutch), sotsiopaat (Estonian), sosiopaatti (Finnish), sociopathe [feminine, masculine] (French), Soziopath [masculine] (German), Soziopathin [feminine] (German), κοινωνιοπαθής (koinoniopathís) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), szociopata (Hungarian), sochapatach [masculine] (Irish), sociopatico [masculine] (Italian), sociopatica [feminine] (Italian), социопа́т (sociopát) [masculine] (Macedonian), sosyopat [feminine, masculine] (Northern Kurdish), socjopata [masculine] (Polish), socjopatka [feminine] (Polish), sociopata [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), sociopat [masculine] (Romanian), социопа́т (sociopát) [masculine] (Russian), социопа́тка (sociopátka) [feminine] (Russian), sociopat [masculine] (Slovak), sociópata [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), sociopat [common-gender] (Swedish), соціопа́т (sociopát) [masculine] (Ukrainian), соціопа́тка (sociopátka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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