different between sadist vs psychopath

English

Etymology

From the name of the Marquis de Sade; see sadism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se?d?st/, /?sædist/
• Rhymes: -e?d?st, -æd?st

Noun

sadist (plural sadists)

1. One who derives pleasure through cruelty or pain to others.

Derived terms

• sadistic

Related terms

• sadism
• sadomasochist

Translations

See also

• masochist, mysoped

Anagrams

• Adsits, saidst, tsadis

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sadist/, [sa?d?isd?]

Noun

sadist c (singular definite sadisten, plural indefinite sadister)

1. sadist

Inflection

Antonyms

• masochist

Related terms

• sadisme
• sadistisk

Further reading

• sadist on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Bosnia, Serbia): sàdista

Etymology

From Sade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?dist/
• Hyphenation: sa?dist

Noun

sàdist m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. sadist

Declension

References

• “sadist” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

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

Translations