different between lunatic vs psychopath

English

Alternative forms

• lunatick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English lunatik, from Old French lunatique, from Late Latin lunaticus (“moonstruck”), derived from Latin luna (“moon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lu?n?t?k/

Noun

lunatic (plural lunatics)

1. An insane person.

Synonyms

• moonling
• See also Thesaurus:mad person

Translations

Adjective

lunatic (comparative more lunatic, superlative most lunatic)

1. Crazed, mad, insane, demented.

Synonyms

• crazed, insane, mad, demented, maniacal, psychotic, crazed; see also Thesaurus:insane

Translations

Anagrams

• cut nail, tunical

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu?na.tik/

Etymology 1

From Latin l?n?ticus, equivalent to lun? +? -atic.

Alternative forms

• lunatec

Noun

lunatic m (plural lunatici)

1. somnambulist, sleepwalker
2. (rare) dullard, fool, scatterbrain

Declension

Synonyms

• (sleepwalker): somnambul, somnambulist, noctambul
• (fool): prost?nac, cretin

Adjective

lunatic m or n (feminine singular lunatic?, masculine plural lunatici, feminine and neuter plural lunatice)

1. (popular, rare) born in the same month as another

Declension

Related terms

• lun?

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French lunatique, Italian lunatico.

Adjective

lunatic m or n (feminine singular lunatic?, masculine plural lunatici, feminine and neuter plural lunatice)

1. (rare) having hallucinations
2. (rare) fantastic, unreal, bizarre
3. having unusual or strange ideas and behavior
4. (rare) fearful

Declension

See also

• z?p?cit

Further reading

• lunatic in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

English

Etymology

From German psychopatisch, from Ancient Greek ???? (psukh?, “soul”) + ????? (páthos, “suffering”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?sa?ko??pæ?/

Noun

psychopath (plural psychopaths)

1. 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.
2. (figuratively) A person with no moral conscience who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts.
3. A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.
4. (obsolete) A person diagnosed with any mental disorder.

Synonyms

• sociopath

Derived terms

• psychopathic
• psychopathy

Related terms

• psycho
• psychopathology
• psychotic

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