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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 7 July 2025
Using advanced neuroimaging techniques and the publicly accessible Julich-Brain Atlas, researchers from institutions in Germany and the University of Pennsylvania have pinpointed brain networks that show structural alterations in people exhibiting psychopathic traits.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
James Hibberd, EW.com, 24 Nov. 2020
They are popularly recognized as the motto of a fictional psychopathic supervillain.
—Brian Murphy, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 May 2018
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Adjective
Johnson is the daughter of actors Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, both of whom played roles over the course of their varied careers that could be construed as in the psychopathic vein.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 7 July 2025
Using advanced neuroimaging techniques and the publicly accessible Julich-Brain Atlas, researchers from institutions in Germany and the University of Pennsylvania have pinpointed brain networks that show structural alterations in people exhibiting psychopathic traits.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Noun
The character is a pure psychopathic who drives a classic hot rod and has a fanatical love of Coors beer.
—James Hibberd, EW.com, 24 Nov. 2020
They are popularly recognized as the motto of a fictional psychopathic supervillain.
—Brian Murphy, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 May 2018
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“Psychopathic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/psychopathic. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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psychopathic
1 of 2 adjective
psy·cho·path·ic
ˌsī-kə-ˈpath-ik 
: of, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy
psychopathic
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