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Recent Examples of obsessive-compulsive
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, is a disorder where people have uncontrollable and recurring thoughts or repetitive behaviors, or both.
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Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2025
Also, things like obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or social anxiety can make a person do things like this.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Similarly, a 2019 study in JAMA Psychiatry followed 579 New Zealand children over three decades and found that children exposed to lead were more likely to grow up to have anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, or substance abuse issues.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 2025
All of it stems from the obsessive-compulsive disorder Gonzalez has lived with his entire life, from childhood to now being a kicker for the Washington Commanders.
—Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
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Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2025
Also, things like obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or social anxiety can make a person do things like this.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Similarly, a 2019 study in JAMA Psychiatry followed 579 New Zealand children over three decades and found that children exposed to lead were more likely to grow up to have anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, or substance abuse issues.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 2025
All of it stems from the obsessive-compulsive disorder Gonzalez has lived with his entire life, from childhood to now being a kicker for the Washington Commanders.
—Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obsessive-compulsive
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That the ruling powers would be capable of such callousness is no surprise; their abject cruelty is as much a part of the Star Wars fabric as orphan heroes or neurotic droids or the Force.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2025
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Schulz portrayed his Peanuts gang as small adults; Feiffer’s adults are all neurotic overgrown children.—
Art Spiegelman,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2025
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The senior senator from Wisconsin, Republican Ron Johnson, is posing fresh questions about the deadliest attack on the United States in history, feeding into paranoid and dangerous conspiracy theories.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Eva clocks their conversation as extremely paranoid, and Kyle's attempt at smoothing things over with David only prompts David to start up all over again.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 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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Pair that with viewers lusting after a sociopathic stalker, fantasizing about Joe's killer looks.—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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American Psycho, which stars Christian Bale as a sociopathic yuppie, was one of Theroux’s first major roles, though the now-iconic scene did not give him an appreciation for watermarks and subtle off-white coloring.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Consequently, disordered labor disputes have added to the sense of lawlessness and have worsened the economic decline.—
Lindsay Benstead,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Feb. 2013
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In the past, Jamil has openly discussed her own journey recovering from anorexia and disordered eating.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
27 Dec. 2024
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Absurd and even delirious accusations were thrown at me, which deeply hurt my spirit.—
Hilary Lewis,
The Hollywood Reporter,
8 Mar. 2025
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By that point the artist was far from Paris, in retreat from the Revolution, and the new paintings have a fleet, delirious, shut-in feel as if produced in a fever.—
Holland Cotter,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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Back in 2022, researchers at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany showed that administering CAR T-cell therapy to five people with severe lupus could completely remove the aberrant B cells, sending all of the patients into remission.—
Juergen Eckhardt,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Things that people think are morally abnormal – aberrant behavior, transgressions, violations of their most sacred values – are viewed as highly threatening and necessary to shut down, with force if necessary.—
Jen Cole Wright,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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In 1982, Marsh switched to comedy as uptight Roz Keith in the 1982-83 TV sitcom 9 to 5, which was based on the film of the same name.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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In their dance number at the Tropicana, for instance, Omara dances with her heels down, while her more uptight sister is on her toes.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Obsessive-compulsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsessive-compulsive. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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