Word family noun society sociologist sociology sociability social socialism socialist socialite socialization sociopath adjective sociable ≠ unsociable social ≠ anti-social unsocial socialist socialistic societal sociological sociopathic verb socialize adverb socially sociably sociologically
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsociopathso‧ci‧o‧path /ˈsəʊsiəˌpæθ, ˈsəʊʃiə- $ ˈsoʊ-/ noun [countable] MPsomeone whose behaviour towards other people is considered unacceptable, strange, and possibly dangerous —sociopathic /ˌsəʊsiəˈpæθɪk◂, səʊʃiə- $ ˌsoʊ-/ adjective → psychopathExamples from the Corpus
sociopath• Unfortunately for her, he turns out to be a sociopath.• His early years there were spent in a squat with an extended family of cartoon sociopaths.• He was a homicidal and delusional sociopath, she said.• The answer is that we do not discriminate against anyone, even fax-toting sociopaths like Watson Weeks.Origin sociopath (1900-2000) socio- + -path (as in psychopath) 