Sociopath vs. Psychopath

Sociopathnoun

A person with an antisocial personality disorder, exhibiting antisocial behavior that usually is the result of social and environmental factors in the person's early life.

Sociopathnoun

someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')

Sociopathnoun

a person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behaviour.

Psychopathnoun

A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, sexual promiscuity, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such an individual may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses.

Psychopathnoun

(figurative) A person with no moral conscience who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts.

Psychopathnoun

A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.

Psychopathnoun

(obsolete) A person diagnosed with any mental disorder.

Psychopathnoun

someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')