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Recent Examples of sociopathic
The consequences of a difficult decision from his past come back to haunt him, and Rebecca (Reina Hardesty), a sociopathic young agent, is assigned to kill him.
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Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
These sociopathic billionaires have gathered for a friendly weekend poker retreat.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 July 2025
That this sociopathic posting style is coming out of this administration—that it has been so thoroughly mainstreamed by the right—suggests that the cultural architecture of the internet has changed.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2025
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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Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
These sociopathic billionaires have gathered for a friendly weekend poker retreat.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 July 2025
That this sociopathic posting style is coming out of this administration—that it has been so thoroughly mainstreamed by the right—suggests that the cultural architecture of the internet has changed.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sociopathic
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The character was kind, genuine, neurotic, a bit nerdy, a hugger with a heart of gold and endearingly funny.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Unfortunately, humans are neurotic creatures who are quick to catastrophize about the unknown, and our tendency thus far has been a paradoxical mixture of dismissiveness and fearmongering.—
Christian Perry,
Forbes.com,
15 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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However, swapping out classic sodium chloride for sodium bromide is a solid way to give yourself acne, involuntary muscle spasms, and paranoid psychosis.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
14 Aug. 2025
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At another time, a perpetually anxious comedian who can’t keep from ranting about his paranoid worries about the end of the world probably would not feel like such a helpful guide to life.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
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Eventually, the assorted good and bad actors converge on the premises of Mandy’s father, who is, of all things, a psychopathic religious cult leader.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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Set in 1858, the story centers on a governess named Winifred Notty (Monroe) who hides her psychopathic tendencies while arriving to work at a remote gothic manor.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Aug. 2025
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However, for some children, these behaviors may be an early sign of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a condition often thought to affect only older children or adults.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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They were diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, exercise bulimia, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD), and alexithymia (the inability to identify, feel, and express their emotions).—
Anna Borges,
SELF,
12 Aug. 2025
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The answer is that France at this time was attempting to heal its wartime wounds, papering over the cracks in the social fabric that had opened up during the German Occupation and positioning itself as a nation of resisters, in which collaborators had been few and aberrant.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 July 2025
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The only aberrant response came from a gaunt middle-aged man on a towel.—
Henry Alford,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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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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An area of disturbed weather in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean may become the next tropical storm, the hurricane center said Aug. 18.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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When scientists revisited the site more than 40 years later, the scars were still sharply visible, and the disturbed areas remained largely devoid of the sponges, corals, and starfish that had once lived there.—
Ingmar Rentzhog,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Sociopathic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sociopathic. Accessed 30 Aug. 2025.
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