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Recent Examples of psychopathic
Like a mercantile colony, all Putin has is a lot of land, raw materials, and psychopathic propaganda.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 16 Aug. 2025
Johnson is the daughter of actors Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, both of whom played roles over the course of their varied careers that could be construed as in the psychopathic vein.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 7 July 2025
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.
—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
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 16 Aug. 2025
Johnson is the daughter of actors Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, both of whom played roles over the course of their varied careers that could be construed as in the psychopathic vein.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 7 July 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychopathic
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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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The exchange is later revealed to be a schizophrenic episode.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The investigation confirmed a mental health component to the case, suggesting that Ricklefs may have been experiencing a schizophrenic episode, according to the news release.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Their personas could be withholding, eccentric, neurotic, ambiguous, strange.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
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Vanya is a closeted gay man who shuns intimacy and Sonia is a neurotic spinster who feels unnoticed and unloved.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Oct. 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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Matthiessen, not without reason, portrays the Bureau as paranoid, dishonest, and in league with corporate interests.—
Maggie Doherty,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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There’s decent chemistry between Roberts and Mel Gibson in this schlocky but slick paranoid thriller.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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But for a few unlucky people, chatbots powered by the technology have become a gaslighting, delusional menace.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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Her protagonist, known to have been derived from herself in a few other ways, blunders along and is charming but delusional, unlike Austen’s fiercely independent and witty Elizabeth Bennet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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Millions more take them for other mental health issues including anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, some eating disorders, substance use disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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Gabriel Palacios, 13, had long faced bullying because of his disabilities, including ADHD, Tourette’s syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder — bullying that had gone unaddressed for so long that his family was pursuing transferring him to a private school, his family says.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Oct. 2025
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My childhood had left me with social anxiety and a disordered relationship with food.—
Bee Wilson,
Vogue,
15 Oct. 2025
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Marta worries gently about herself, in particular about her disordered eating and loss of appetite.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Psychopathic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychopathic. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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