SYCOPHANT: FLATTERY:: A. extortionist: intimidation B. champion: dispiritedness C. arsonist : retribution D. sociopath: nonconformity E. intellectual : speciousness
(Choose a pair that expresses a relationship most similar to that of the given pair.)
The answer is A. I just want to know if nonconformity is the main characteristic of sociopath.
Thank you.
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hI, A sociopath is someone who could just as easily kill you as look at you. It's a lot more that non-conformity. Clive
— Clive
hI, A sociopath is someone who could just as easily kill you as look at you.
It's a lot more that non-conformity.
Clive
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One comes to be called an X through the use of Y. An X who does not practice Y is hardly a "real" X.
This is the relationship, not just "main characteristic". True, sociopaths do not conform (to the rules of society) but you can't say that to be a sociopath, one must be a nonconformist (in appearance or behavior).