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sociopaths

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for sociopaths.

Editorial note

The difference is that sociopaths reject society's superego and conscience but still have their own.

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Quick take

A person with an antisocial personality disorder.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of sociopaths gathered in one view.

noun

A person with an antisocial personality disorder.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sociopaths.

noun

A person with an antisocial personality disorder.

Example sentences

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The difference is that sociopaths reject society's superego and conscience but still have their own.

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Also, people who are not violent sociopaths may develop such tendencies by doing the job (Stanford prison experiment).

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The space in that place is a natural sticky area for sociopaths who enjoy lying and hurting people.

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Meanwhile, sociopaths and kids with Ivy connections seem to be the ones raking in the money you mention.

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A total dissolution of social and legal structures tends to make conditions very conducive to psychopaths and sociopaths.

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Basically, distance, anonymity, and lack of consequences seems to turn a lot of people into sociopaths.

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If that were the case, the violent sociopaths might as well just go out and take their chances without the uniform.

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The implicit claim is that the people running Google are not sociopaths, yet he presents no evidence to support this claim.

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It implies that all men are sociopaths, and need to be taught basic human empathy.

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Most people who work for giant tech corporations aren't sociopaths -- far from it.

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The first paragraph says it all: capitalism is a good system for handling sociopaths.

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This is not to say that all prosecutors are railroading sociopaths, of course not.

Quote examples

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Us technical folk sure are more moral and just plain better than them durned "sociopaths"!

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The consistent attempt to dehumanize these "sociopaths" (again, never defined) is really kind of sickening.

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I was under the impression that sociopaths were a superset of psychopaths, with psychopaths being more traditionally "evil" (a la jack the ripper).

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Maybe we should also discuss one of those ridiculous tropes about how some high-powered jobs are "filled"[2] with people who are apparently sociable and outgoing, but really are sociopaths.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use sociopaths in a sentence?

The difference is that sociopaths reject society's superego and conscience but still have their own.

What does sociopaths mean?

A person with an antisocial personality disorder.

What part of speech is sociopaths?

sociopaths is commonly used as noun.