PSYCHOPATHIC Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

psychopathic

adjective

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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. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 23 May 2026 In 2014, the Ig Nobel Prize in psychology went to a trio of researchers who found that people who habitually stay up late are, on average, more self-admiring, more manipulative and more psychopathic than people who habitually arise early in the morning. — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026 Does anyone want to check the trunk of MacKinnon's car for ropes or bottles of bleach, because this is something a psychopathic killer would do. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026 In 2024, Julie Aitken Schermer, a psychology professor at the University of Western Ontario in Canada, published a paper that showed drivers who modified their exhaust systems to be louder were more likely to have psychopathic and sadist tendencies. — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for psychopathic

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Adjective

Some saw this reaction as sociopathic, but its extremity was the very point.

— Elizabeth Nicholas, Vanity Fair, 9 Sep. 2026
Their road trip veers profanely off course with Sheridan exhibiting a cruel streak that’s viscous, sociopathic and even repellent.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of sociopathic

Adjective

As her life is starting, her mother suffers from an acute schizophrenic episode.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 16 June 2026
Americans call the sport soccer, the rest of the world calls it football, and therein lies the rub, the disconnection at the heart of the schizophrenic All-American life of Gilbert Chevalier.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 May 2026

Definition of schizophrenic

Adjective

Vocelle finds criticism that cat dads are seen as feminine, neurotic or less desirable as a relatively modern and unfounded affliction.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
But as with any good Leonard story, the best moments come from the characters, a rogues’ gallery of violent ruffians and neurotic, duplicitous scoundrels.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of neurotic

Adjective

The artist adopts a schizoid persona, with multiple voices flowing out of him, and swerves between lucid social criticism—about the history of slavery or of higher education—and total gibberish.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of schizoid

Adjective

That applies to everyone from paranoid conspiracy theorists to presidents.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
In outline, these are elegant Bond-villain machines for faceless, leaderless, pervasive espionage and assassination, the stuff of paranoid nightmares and stochastic violence.

— Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of paranoid

Adjective

Almost every great performer is at some point in their life delusional.

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2026
In February, Patrick Collison told TBPN there was a reasonable chance Q1 2026 would be remembered as the first quarter of the singularity, adding that in hindsight the claim might look completely delusional.

— Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of delusional

Adjective

Since the assault, the woman has experienced post-traumatic stress disorder, severe anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 5 Sep. 2026
Cage plays Roy, a gifted con artist with obsessive-compulsive disorder whose tics, phobias and elaborate rituals have turned his immaculate home into a fortress against the world.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of obsessive-compulsive

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