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Recent Examples of psychopathic
Alpha Slow Horse agent River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) unravels the connection between himself and the former CIA operative-turned-mercenary (Hugo Weaving) who’s raised an entire brood of psychopathic assassins.
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Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
Trine finds a jar-opening competition for me, which brings me face to face with my jar-opening nemesis, played by Alexander Clement, and his psychopathic trainer, played by Rasmus Bruun.
—Anna Juul, The Dial, 27 May 2025
When these optimization processes lead to outcomes that disregard human values or well-being in subtle yet significant ways, the analogy to psychopathic tendencies becomes less of a hyperbolic statement and more of a cautionary observation.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
There is no consensus, but, according to research, nearly 5 percent of the human population can be classified as psychopathic.
—Rich Cohen, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
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Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
Trine finds a jar-opening competition for me, which brings me face to face with my jar-opening nemesis, played by Alexander Clement, and his psychopathic trainer, played by Rasmus Bruun.
—Anna Juul, The Dial, 27 May 2025
When these optimization processes lead to outcomes that disregard human values or well-being in subtle yet significant ways, the analogy to psychopathic tendencies becomes less of a hyperbolic statement and more of a cautionary observation.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
There is no consensus, but, according to research, nearly 5 percent of the human population can be classified as psychopathic.
—Rich Cohen, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychopathic
Adjective
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The exception might be those with sociopathic tendencies, research shows that to be a relatively small percentage of the population.—
Heather V. MacArthur,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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How does a youthful belief in a better world curdle into such sociopathic severity?—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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Possibly the most surprisingly tender, yet still very funny, subplot in the film involves Lucky, a neurotic dog obsessed with weird smells and tastes, learning to love himself after an encounter with Frankie, an intersex dog voiced by River Gallo.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
11 June 2025
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Rick Hoffman also reprised his fan-favorite character, the neurotic financial law partner Louis Litt, in the spinoff.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
9 May 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
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Some artists report losing significant opportunities and having to switch careers because of the genre’s downturn; others are paranoid, unable to discern the real from the hoax.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
2 July 2025
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After his season 4 stint in London, Goldberg (living alongside his wife and son) always has one eye over his shoulder, paranoid that the (literal) skeletons in his closet might soon spill out.—
David Wysong,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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Armed with a voice that creates a number of characters and family members, Bamford’s comedy takes a self-deprecating, if occasionally surreal , look at her life, and her struggles with anxiety and bi-polar and obsessive-compulsive disorders.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
26 June 2025
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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
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
Adjective
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This is not aberrant behavior from this Court’s Republican majority.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
26 June 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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“Psychopathic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychopathic. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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