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Recent Examples of psychopathic
Using advanced neuroimaging techniques and the publicly accessible Julich-Brain Atlas, researchers from institutions in Germany and the University of Pennsylvania have pinpointed brain networks that show structural alterations in people exhibiting psychopathic traits.
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Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
However, leaders with corporate psychopathic tendencies may drive distrust and fracture the organization.
—Shawn Cole, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
The researchers focused on whether different psychopathic traits could be mapped to different brain regions.
—New Atlas, 26 June 2025
Their peculiarities fit Hollywood’s psychopathic ethos.
—Armond White, National Review, 25 June 2025
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Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
However, leaders with corporate psychopathic tendencies may drive distrust and fracture the organization.
—Shawn Cole, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
The researchers focused on whether different psychopathic traits could be mapped to different brain regions.
—New Atlas, 26 June 2025
Their peculiarities fit Hollywood’s psychopathic ethos.
—Armond White, National Review, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychopathic
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Given its plotting, Brooks’s movie could easily have made Iris into a harridan and Isaac into a sociopathic rogue.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Aug. 2025
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Instead, she’s blossomed into a talented, sociopathic agent, working for Caddis, a sinister spy organization led by David’s former partner, Juno (Piper Perabo).—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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According to court and police record, police were conducting a welfare check on Brown, where he was diagnosed as schizophrenic.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Hawley worked from a similar playbook with Legion, whose apparently schizophrenic superhero filtered a fast-evolving cultural conversation around mental illness through a psychedelic kaleidoscope, and especially Fargo.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
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Eichner’s neurotic character is there to enlist Honey in learning the details of his boyfriend’s affair.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
26 Aug. 2025
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The family in the film has its problems, and not all of them get solved; in many ways, the parents of Parenthood are far more neurotic than the kids.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 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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Don’t be paranoid, just be honest with yourself (and your wallet).—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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What follows is a crusade of detours, espionage and a paranoid struggle to preserve a vanishing world — and the only home he’s ever known.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
31 Aug. 2025
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There are many efforts underway by AI scholars, research labs, and AI makers to devise AI so that the AI can do a better job at coping with human delusional thinking.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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There have also been growing concerns about users forming emotional attachments to ChatGPT, in some cases resulting in delusional episodes and alienation from family, as reports from The New York Times and CNN have indicated.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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These range from perseverative behavior after damage to the frontal lobes, obsessive-compulsive disorders, repetitive actions in severe autism and in Tourette’s syndrome, all the way to self-destructive forms of addiction.—
Anil Seth,
Big Think,
20 Aug. 2025
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This underinformed and out-of-date article could have offered a good-faith exploration of obsessive-compulsive disorder.—
Harper’s Magazine,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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And kids can develop disordered eating despite a parent's best effort to instill healthy eating habits.—
Adrienne Farr,
Parents,
5 Sep. 2025
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While the rise of GLP-1s brings a myriad of valid concerns − such as its contribution to disordered eating and promotion of thinness as the ideal body type − Williams' outspokenness is a crucial, balanced example of healthy and transparent GLP-1 usage.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Psychopathic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychopathic. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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