different between psycho vs psychopathy
psycho
English
Alternative forms
- syko (slang)
Pronunciation
- (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /?sa??.k???/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /?sa??.ko??/
- Rhymes: -a?k??
Etymology 1
Clipping of psychotic and psychopath +? -o (“person with characteristic”).
Adjective
psycho (comparative more psycho, superlative most psycho)
- (colloquial or derogatory) Psychotic, or otherwise insane.
Translations
Noun
psycho (plural psychos)
- (derogatory, slang) A person who is psychotic or otherwise insane.
- Synonyms: freak, loony, nutcase, wacko
- (derogatory, slang) A person who acts in a bizarre or dangerous manner.
- Synonyms: creep, freak, loose cannon, weirdo
Translations
Etymology 2
Clipping of psychology.
Noun
psycho (uncountable)
- (informal) A class, at a college or university, in which psychology is taught.
psycho From the web:
- what psychology
- what psychologist do
- what psychosis
- what psychosis feels like
- what psychologists say about selfies
- what psychological disorder do i have
- what psychology means
- what psychotherapy
psychopathy
English
Etymology
From psycho- +? -pathy.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /sa??k?p??i/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sa??k?p??i/
Noun
psychopathy (countable and uncountable, plural psychopathies)
- A personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, exploitation, heedlessness, arrogance, sexual promiscuity, low self-control, and lack of empathy and remorse. Violent and criminal offenses may be indicative of this disorder.
- (obsolete) A mental illness; insanity.
Derived terms
- psychopath
- psychopathic
Related terms
- psycho
- psychopathology
- psychosis
- sociopathy
Translations
psychopathy From the web:
- what's psychopathy mean
- am i a psychopath
- psychopathy what drives pathological selfishness
- what causes psychopathy
- what causes psychopathy in the brain
- what is psychopathy disorder
- what triggers psychopathy
- what causes psychopathy and sociopathy
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