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Anyone who isn't a bona fide sociopath will find this depiction (and several others!) of physical and psychological torture to be deeply disturbing.
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Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The dark comedy asks the question: What if superheroes were sociopaths?
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
In separate filings, the defense is also asking the court to limit the use of the words murder, psychopath and sociopath.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2025
Seemingly auditioning for an American Psycho television series, Schwarzenegger has never been more impeccably cast than as a tightly wound Patrick Bateman-esque sociopath with underlying fragility.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2025
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Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The dark comedy asks the question: What if superheroes were sociopaths?
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
In separate filings, the defense is also asking the court to limit the use of the words murder, psychopath and sociopath.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2025
Seemingly auditioning for an American Psycho television series, Schwarzenegger has never been more impeccably cast than as a tightly wound Patrick Bateman-esque sociopath with underlying fragility.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Sociopath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sociopath. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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sociopath
noun
so·cio·path
ˈsō-sē-ə-ˌpath 
ˈsō-sh(ē-)ə-
ˈsō-sh(ē-)ə-
: a sociopathic individual
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