in Love with a Psycho

What you know and see, it's not always what it is...

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Noun

psycho (plural psychos)

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

(pejorative, slang) A person who acts in a bizarre or dangerous manner.

Synonyms

(pejorative for a pyschotic or otherwise insane person): freak, loony, nutcase, wacko

(pejorative for a person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner): creep, freak, loose cannon, weirdo

Noun

psychopath (plural psychopaths)

A person with a personality disorderindicated 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.

(figuratively) A person with no moral conscience who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts.

A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.

(obsolete) A person diagnosed with any mental disorder.

Psychopathy, sometimes considered synonymous with sociopathy, is traditionally defined as a personality disorder characterized by persistent antisocial behavior, impaired empathy, impaired remorse, bold, disinhibited, and egotisticaltraits.

Definition

A person suffering from a chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behavior.