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Recent Examples of psychopathic
Her responsibilities include teaching the children table manners and educating them about their family’s history, all whilst hiding her psychopathic tendencies.
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 May 2025
Set in 1858, the story centers on a governess named Winifred Notty, hiding her psychopathic tendencies while arriving to work at a remote gothic manor.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, casting director Kerry Barden suggested that Butler might be too attractive to portray Patrick Bateman, the wealthy New York banking executive with psychopathic tendencies who was memorably played by Christian Bale in the 2000 film.
—EW.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Woodell takes on the role of Randy, a psychopathic killer on a bloody rampage.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2025
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 May 2025
Set in 1858, the story centers on a governess named Winifred Notty, hiding her psychopathic tendencies while arriving to work at a remote gothic manor.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, casting director Kerry Barden suggested that Butler might be too attractive to portray Patrick Bateman, the wealthy New York banking executive with psychopathic tendencies who was memorably played by Christian Bale in the 2000 film.
—EW.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Woodell takes on the role of Randy, a psychopathic killer on a bloody rampage.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychopathic
Adjective
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Blake is a sociopathic control freak who walks around as if Hans Landa ruled the college dorms.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
19 June 2025
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But Evans brings a sort of sociopathic charm to this spy thriller, reteaming with his Avengers directors Joe and Anthony Russo.—
Devan Coggan,
EW.com,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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Zombieland makes its post-apocalyptic setting, where the undead lurk around every corner, look like a pretty fun hang, following Jesse Eisenberg's neurotic Columbus and his traveling companions (Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin) as they road-trip across the country seeking refuge.—
James Grebey,
Time,
20 June 2025
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Small dogs were also found to be the most neurotic breeds while the extremely large dogs were exceedingly stable.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Hostile or disapproving questions about a silly meme, however, would raise the bar for paranoid border defense to an absurd new level.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
25 June 2025
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TikTok is full of viral paranoid suggestions for ways to test your relationship and ludicrous theories about the One Way to know if any relationship will work.—
Jia Tolentino,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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SSRIs are approved by the FDA to treat a range of conditions such as anxiety, depression, bulimia nervosa, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and are used off-label to treat several others.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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Psych 101 The Unexpected Symptoms of O.C.D. Disturbing thoughts and social fixations are among the many manifestations of obsessive-compulsive disorder.—
Christina Caron,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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The cells have an ugly, disordered appearance under a microscope.—
Adam B. Kushner,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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In more severe cases, this ongoing pattern may erode a parent’s relationship with food, leading to emotional or disordered eating that feels increasingly difficult to name, let alone break.—
Christine Michel Carter,
Parents,
20 May 2025
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With this book, Willy’s style began venturing into aberrant linguistic territory.—
Benjamin Hale
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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To rescue Hubble, experts worked for months to build new optics to intercept the light bouncing off the telescope's main mirror and correct its aberrant shape.—
Sidd Bikkannavar,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Feb. 2010
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“Psychopathic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychopathic. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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