sociopathic
adjective
so·cio·path·ic
| \ ˌsō-sē-ə-ˈpa-thik
, ˌsō-sh(ē-)ə-\
, ˌsō-sh(ē-)ə-\
Definition of sociopathic
: of, relating to, or characterized by asocial or antisocial behavior or exhibiting antisocial personality disorder
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During the trial, Golamrabbi spent much of his defense trying to blame the killings on Omar, who was 17 at the time, saying that Omar was a sociopathic mastermind who compelled Golamrabbi to take the fall for him. — Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, "Nearly a year after conviction, son sentenced in San Jose parent murders," 30 Aug. 2019 Luce An interesting thriller -- a former boy soldier from Africa, adopted by white Americans, becomes a high school honor student and starts showing sociopathic symptoms -- breaks its leg at the finish line, with a weak, aimless last 10 minutes. — SFChronicle.com, "Capsule movie reviews for Aug. 18," 14 Aug. 2019 This is hardly the first time Dornan has played a sociopathic killer. — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, "Jamie Dornan, Alec Baldwin, Christian Slater cast in Dr. Death podcast adaptation series," 9 Aug. 2019 The franchise has always been aimed at horror fans who don’t take the genre too seriously; as its installments have worn on, Chucky’s wisecracking, glibly sociopathic persona has set the tone for the franchise. — Aja Romano, Vox, "The new Child’s Play is nonsensical and fun. Just don’t expect it to be like the old Child’s Play.," 21 June 2019 Cooper has tipped his big top hat at his sociopathic precursors, covering the menacing leather-glove-wielding garage rockers the Music Machine back in the ‘80s. — John Adamian, courant.com, "Shock-rock original Alice Cooper to play Foxwoods," 28 June 2019 Along the way, what Carr found was not a sociopathic young woman who wanted the attention that her boyfriend’s death would likely bring her. — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, "Why HBO’s 'I Love You, Now Die' Is In Two Parts, According to Erin Lee Carr," 12 June 2019 The former football player, Truck Turner (Isaac Hayes), now a bounty hunter, finds himself up against a ruthless Madame, played by Star Trek’s Nichelle Nichols, and a sociopathic pimp played by Yaphet Kotto. — Richard Newby, New York Times, "Like the New ‘Superfly’? Stream These 13 Classic Blaxploitation Films," 18 June 2018 An argument could be made, in the abstract, that sociopathy is a disability for which someone should be pitied, that sociopathic behavior is a symptom that should be explained rather than a vice someone can be held responsible for. — New York Times, "What Do I Owe My Sociopathic Sibling?," 2 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sociopathic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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sociopathic
adjective
so·cio·path·ic
| \ ˌsō-sē-ə-ˈpath-ik
, ˌsō-sh(ē-)ə-
\
, ˌsō-sh(ē-)ə-
\
Medical Definition of sociopathic
: of, relating to, or characterized by asocial or antisocial behavior or an antisocial personality