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psychopathic personality

British  

noun

  1. psychiatry an antisocial personality characterized by the failure to develop any sense of moral responsibility and the capability of performing violent or antisocial acts

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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As with other permanent conditions, these aspects of his psychopathic personality will not change.

From Salon Jun. 1, 2023

In 1991, Duvall was civilly committed as a psychopathic personality and sent to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program.

From Fox News Sep. 20, 2018

It’s no insult to Howerton to say that Dennis’s character can mostly be conveyed by an inert, silent dummy; his strutting, preening, psychopathic personality comes through just by looking at the doll’s blank face.

From The New Yorker Sep. 7, 2018

After four meetings with Evans, he said there was "absolutely no doubt in my mind that this man is a psychopathic personality".

From BBC Dec. 17, 2017

He's a psychopathic personality and his family has millions.

From Operation: Outer Space by Leinster, Murray

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