different between yandere vs psycho

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ???? (yandere), a portmanteau of ???? (yanderu), contraction of ????? (yandeiru), progressive tense of ?? (yamu, “to be sick”), and ???? (dere-dere, “to become lovey-dovey, infatuated, lovestruck”).
Developed on the model of tsundere (“being cold and even hostile towards another person before gradually showing a warm and caring side over time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j??nd??e?/

Noun

yandere (plural yanderes)

1. (chiefly Japanese fiction) A character, usually female, who fits the archetype of being genuinely kind, loving, or gentle, as well as obsessed with their love interest, sometimes demonstrating this through violent behavior.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:yandere.
2. (chiefly Japanese fiction) A character, usually female, who is obsessed with their crush.

Related terms

• tsundere
• dandere
• kuudere

Translations

References

Anagrams

• deanery, renayed, year-end, yearend, yearned

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)

1. (colloquial or derogatory) Psychotic, or otherwise insane.

Translations

Noun

psycho (plural psychos)

1. (derogatory, slang) A person who is psychotic or otherwise insane.

   Synonyms: freak, loony, nutcase, wacko

2. (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)

1. (informal) A class, at a college or university, in which psychology is taught.