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Rough House 16 MENTIONS ALTER by SK Dale In a secret military lab, a neuroscientist uses cutting-edge technology to rewire the mind of a psychopathic killer, forcing her own memories onto him in the hopes to trigger empathy.
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Dec. 2025
Rough House 16 Mentions ALTER by SK Dale In a secret military lab, a neuroscientist uses cutting-edge technology to rewire the mind of a psychopathic killer, forcing her own memories onto him in the hopes to trigger empathy.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2025
So the things that people who are psychopathic have too little of, people who are very altruistic have more of.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
The catch is that he’s being stalked by McCone (Lee Pace), a hunter with an impeccable catch-and-kill record, and his psychopathic goons.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2025
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Dec. 2025
Rough House 16 Mentions ALTER by SK Dale In a secret military lab, a neuroscientist uses cutting-edge technology to rewire the mind of a psychopathic killer, forcing her own memories onto him in the hopes to trigger empathy.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2025
So the things that people who are psychopathic have too little of, people who are very altruistic have more of.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
The catch is that he’s being stalked by McCone (Lee Pace), a hunter with an impeccable catch-and-kill record, and his psychopathic goons.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychopathic
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In truth, this sociopathic leading lady should be unlikeable.—
Rebecca Cope,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2026
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Crime abhors a vacuum, and in Tommy’s absence, the Peaky Blinders gang has reformed under the aegis of his sociopathic illegitimate son Duke (Barry Keoghan).—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2026
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The ongoing controversy surrounding the police shooting of a mentalliy ill Queens schizophrenic man who charged at cops with a knife ratcheted up a notch Wednesday with the release of 911 audio the NYPD says makes clear police were going to be responding to the episode.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
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The most compelling aspect of Newsom’s biography is his schizophrenic upbringing, vis-à-vis wealth.—
Maya Singer,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2026
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Streisand, who played the neurotic, political firebrand Katie Morosky opposite Redford's WASPy Hubbell Gardiner in the 1973 romantic drama, performed a song and delivered a speech honoring him during the Oscars' In Memoriam segment.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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But one of the key flaws of Drew Goddard’s screenplay is that once Ryland is on the ship, that neurotic aspect of him isn’t sustained.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2026
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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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Changing your locks is pragmatic, not paranoid.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
11 Mar. 2026
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What follows is a crusade of detours, espionage and a paranoid struggle to preserve the only home he’s ever known.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2026
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The villains in this TikTok trend are clear, with most of the videos poking fun at narcissistic, annoying, or outright delusional people that just seem to be an inescapable part of life these days.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 Mar. 2026
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Which is not to say Yee is delusional.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Another patient had a revelation about the origins of his severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, which significantly improved his symptoms.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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The former Auburn star later revealed that his absence was due to religious scrupulosity, which is a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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This mindset often shrinks food variety, increases anxiety around social eating, and can quietly mask disordered eating patterns under a socially acceptable label.—
Maggie O'Neill,
Verywell Health,
16 Mar. 2026
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Unlike traditional steel, which has a crystalline atomic structure, amorphous steel has a disordered atomic arrangement.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Psychopathic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychopathic. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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