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Adjective
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But for a few unlucky people, chatbots powered by the technology have become a gaslighting, delusional menace.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025 -
Her protagonist, known to have been derived from herself in a few other ways, blunders along and is charming but delusional, unlike Austen’s fiercely independent and witty Elizabeth Bennet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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The book hinges on a conflict between self-righteous Burghers, who live in cities, and resentful, paranoid rural people known as Yeomen.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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However, once a paranoid hermit nation of Europe, after 1992 Albania began to emerge from its fortress mindset.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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Their personas could be withholding, eccentric, neurotic, ambiguous, strange.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
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Vanya is a closeted gay man who shuns intimacy and Sonia is a neurotic spinster who feels unnoticed and unloved.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The exchange is later revealed to be a schizophrenic episode.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The investigation confirmed a mental health component to the case, suggesting that Ricklefs may have been experiencing a schizophrenic episode, according to the news release.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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The idea of a schizoid Lady M is not entirely without appeal, but despite strong performances across the board, the work runs aground fast.—
Rhoda Feng,
Washington Post,
14 Apr. 2024
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The entire movie, of course, was a goof, a schizoid cardboard Vaudeville horror burlesque shot in two days and a night by Roger Corman.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2024
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There’s no glee in the characters, yet somehow James manages to convey a sense of delirious glee for acting — a glee that proves contagious for the audience by the film‘s end.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
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From there, the movie takes a delirious turn, with nobody else on the yacht seemingly knowing who this mysterious woman is.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Millions more take them for other mental health issues including anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, some eating disorders, substance use disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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Gabriel Palacios, 13, had long faced bullying because of his disabilities, including ADHD, Tourette’s syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder — bullying that had gone unaddressed for so long that his family was pursuing transferring him to a private school, his family says.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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It is associated with hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impair daily functioning and can be disabling.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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My childhood had left me with social anxiety and a disordered relationship with food.—
Bee Wilson,
Vogue,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Delusionary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delusionary. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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