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Sociopath vs Narcissistic - What's the difference?

sociopath | narcissistic |

As nouns the difference between sociopath and narcissistic

is that 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 while narcissistic is a narcissist.

As an adjective narcissistic is

having an inflated idea of one's own importance.

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)

    narcissistic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having an inflated idea of one's own importance.
  • Obsessed with one's own self image and ego.

    • Related terms

    * narcissism * narcissistic personality disorder

    Antonyms

    *nonnarcissistic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A narcissist.
  • * 1996 , Susan B. Gall, Bernard Beins, Alan Feldman, The Gale encyclopedia of psychology (page 247)
    • Because narcissistics cannot handle failure, they will take great lengths to avoid risks and situations in which defeat is a possibility.