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Sociopath vs Machiavellian - What's the difference?

sociopath | machiavellian |

As a noun sociopath

is a person with an antisocial personality disorder, exhibiting antisocial behavior that usually is the result of social and environmental factors in the person's early life.

As an adjective machiavellian is

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sociopath

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person with an antisocial personality disorder, exhibiting antisocial behavior that usually is the result of social and environmental factors in the person's early life.

    • Derived terms

    * sociopathy * sociopathic

    See also

    * psychopath * (Psychopathy) * (Antisocial personality disorder)

    machiavellian

    English

    Alternative forms

    * machiavellian

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods, especially in politics or in advancing one's career.
    • (Iago) is the Machiavellian antagonist in William Shakespeare's play, (Othello).
  • Related to the philosophical system of .
  • * 2006 , Mark Vernon, Philosophy and Life , " Plato or Machiavelli",
    • It is Machiavellian , in the sense that it revolves around the question of how to maintain power.

    Derived terms

    * Machiavellianism * Machiavellism

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A ruthless schemer.
    • English eponyms