Synonyms for psychopath
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sahy-kuh-path |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsaɪ kəˌpæθ |
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Définition of psychopath
Origin :- 1885, in the criminal psychology sense, a back-formation from psychopathic.
- The Daily Telegraph had, the other day, a long article commenting on a Russian woman who had murdered a little girl. A Dr. Balinsky prevailed upon the jury to give a verdict of acquittal, because she was a "psychopath." The Daily Telegraph regards this term as a new coinage, but it has been long known amongst Spiritualists, yet in another sense. ["The Medium and Daybreak," Jan. 16, 1885]
- The case alluded to, and the means of acquittal, were briefly notorious in England and brought the word into currency in the modern sense.
- noun person who is mentally deranged, often prone to hurt others
- For an accusation of physical coercion and threat of rape would be far less convincing from a psychopath.
- Extract from : « The Trial of Callista Blake » by Edgar Pangborn
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