public conveniences, psychopath, empathy

 

Capitalists and Other Psychopaths

By WILLIAM DERESIEWICZ

Rich people are more likely to lie, cheat and break the law. No surprise there.

 

 

Can You Call a 9-Year-Old a Psychopath?

By JENNIFER KAHN

Psychologists now believe fledgling psychopaths can be identified as early as kindergarten. The hope is to teach these children empathy before it's too late.

Over a decade ago, I remember seeing a "Saturday Night Live" skit that still stays with me. It was a talk show where all of the guests had one thing in common: they were all jerks or psychopaths whose one-time actions had created lifelong inconvenience for the rest of society.


The first use of it in print is from an interview Close gave to the US magazine the Ladies' Home Journal, reported in the Dallas Morning News on 6th December 1990:

"There's nothing like portraying a psychopathic bunny-boiler to boost one's self-esteem, Glenn Close tells Ladies' Home Journal."

Public toilet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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A public toilet (also called a bathroom, restroom, latrine, comfort room, powder room, toilet room, washroom, water closet, W.C., public lavatory, lav, convenience, ...

convenience

Line breaks: con|veni|ence

Pronunciation: /kənˈviːnɪəns/

Definition of convenience in English:

noun

1[MASS NOUN] The state of being able to proceed with something without difficulty:services should be run to suit the convenience ofcustomers, not of staff

1.1The quality of being useful, easy, or suitable for someone:the success of the food halls in large stores is due totheir convenience

1.2[COUNT NOUN] A thing that contributes to an easy andeffortless way of life:voicemail was seen as one of the desktopconveniences of the electronic office

2[COUNT NOUN] British A public toilet:the large council car park next to the public conveniences

psychopath[psy・cho・path]

• 発音記号[sáikəpæ`θ]

[名]

1 精神病質者(psychopathic personality).

2 精神が不安定な人.

psychopathic

[形]精神病の.

psychopathology

[名][U]精神病理学.

psychopathy

[名][U]1 精神病質.2 ((広義に))精神病.

empathy[em・pa・thy]

 

• レベル：社会人必須
• 発音記号[émpəθi]

[名][U]（役などへの）感情移入, （人への）共感能力((with ...)).

ém・pa・thìze

[動](自)（…に）感情移入をする, 共感できる((with ...)).