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Recent Examples of obsessive-compulsive
This underinformed and out-of-date article could have offered a good-faith exploration of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Harper’s Magazine, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
However, for some children, these behaviors may be an early sign of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a condition often thought to affect only older children or adults.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
They were diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, exercise bulimia, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD), and alexithymia (the inability to identify, feel, and express their emotions).
—Anna Borges, SELF, 12 Aug. 2025
Trudy Monk died in a car bomb explosion years before the show began, the incident which exacerbated the obsessive-compulsive tendencies in police detective–turned–private investigator Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub).
—Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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Harper’s Magazine, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
However, for some children, these behaviors may be an early sign of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a condition often thought to affect only older children or adults.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
They were diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, exercise bulimia, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD), and alexithymia (the inability to identify, feel, and express their emotions).
—Anna Borges, SELF, 12 Aug. 2025
Trudy Monk died in a car bomb explosion years before the show began, the incident which exacerbated the obsessive-compulsive tendencies in police detective–turned–private investigator Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub).
—Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obsessive-compulsive
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Following his turn as the nerdy and neurotic Michael, David Krumholtz continued his role as head elf Bernard in 2002's The Santa Clause 2, and reprised the part on an episode of the Disney+ series The Santa Clauses in 2022.—
Sophie Dodd,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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Karen Black chewed the scenery — literally and figuratively — as a neurotic, insecure wife who turns to consuming a diner’s entire desert tray to cope when her husband leaves her.—
Chris Koseluk,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Sep. 2025
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That same summer, Bill Keller and I wrote a story about a schizophrenic man named Andrew Goldstein who, in 1999, had pushed Kendra Webdale in front of an oncoming subway.—
John J. Lennon
September 24,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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Clayton, a bipolar, suicidal man, voluntarily checks into a mental hospital and falls in love with a schizophrenic patient, Anna (Jade Jordan).—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Sep. 2025
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Bob and Zoyd are both paranoid in the wake of their rebellious pasts.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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For a long stretch of its opening act, All the President’s Men—the canonical paranoid thriller from 1976—isn’t just about the brewing Watergate scandal, or about the battle between a cagey political machine and an enterprising newspaper.—
K. Austin Collins,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 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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Notwithstanding its elaborately disordered presentation, the film’s more straightforwardly biographical material contains few surprises.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
20 Sep. 2025
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Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that advocates for child safety online, has found that a number of AI chatbots and companions can be prompted to encourage self-mutilation and disordered eating to teenage accounts.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
18 Sep. 2025
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So many women who have gotten famous on Bravo did so by being mean, delusional, or mean and delusional, give or take a drinking problem.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
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Like, our delusional friend Hope is so positive.—
Shelby Wax,
Vogue,
26 Sep. 2025
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Oh plays Eve, a deskbound MI-5 agent who longs to be a spy in the field, a dream that is soon realized when a mutual obsession develops between her and a sadistic, sociopathic assassin (Jodie Comer) who always evades capture.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
24 Sep. 2025
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Some people don’t enjoy acting sociopathic, under any circumstance.—
Julie Beck,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
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Black Rabbit knows how to escalate, and Law and Bateman anchor that delirious intensity with a pair of performances that, within seconds, go from endearing to infuriating and then back again.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 Sep. 2025
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There was the Miami Miracle in 2018, a last-second collapse on a hook-and-lateral play that ended with Rob Gronkowski playing defense and diving unsuccessfully as Kenyan Drake sped into the end zone for a game-winning touchdown in a delirious stadium.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Obsessive-compulsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsessive-compulsive. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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