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Psychopath vs Lunatic - What's the difference?

psychopath | lunatic |

As nouns the difference between psychopath and lunatic

is that psychopath is 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 while lunatic is an insane person.

As an adjective lunatic is

crazed, mad, insane, demented.

psychopath

English

(Psychopathy)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating]], glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, [[delusion of grandeur, 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.
  • A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.
  • A person who has no moral conscience.
  • A person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts.

    • Synonyms

    * sociopath

    Derived terms

    * psychopathic * psychopathy

    Related terms

    * psycho * psychopathology * psychotic

    lunatic

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An insane person.

    • Synonyms

    * (l) * See also

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • crazed, mad, insane, demented

    • Synonyms

    * crazed, insane, mad, demented, maniacal, psychotic, crazed; see also