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Recent Examples of sociopathic
How does a youthful belief in a better world curdle into such sociopathic severity?
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 June 2025
Blake is a sociopathic control freak who walks around as if Hans Landa ruled the college dorms.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 June 2025
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
But even after four seasons of peak unhinged behavior, Starr admits he can still be surprised by fans' reactions to Homelander's sociopathic tendencies.
—Mekishana Pierre Published, EW.com, 28 May 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 June 2025
Blake is a sociopathic control freak who walks around as if Hans Landa ruled the college dorms.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 June 2025
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
But even after four seasons of peak unhinged behavior, Starr admits he can still be surprised by fans' reactions to Homelander's sociopathic tendencies.
—Mekishana Pierre Published, EW.com, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sociopathic
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Daniel Brühl, never disappointing, plays the neurotic Hungarian proto-serial-killer-psychologist Laszlo Kreizler, with Luke Evans as his Dr. Watson–style foil and Dakota Fanning as a steely-eyed secretary leaning in to the grisliest crime scenes of mid-1890s New York.—
Elle Carroll,
Vulture,
11 Aug. 2025
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Other challenging dog breeds in the list include Belgian Malinois, which need extensive physical and mental exercise, and without the firm training are prone to neurotic and destructive behavior; Catahoula leopard dogs, also prone to destructive behavior; Chow Chows, and border collies.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 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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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
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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
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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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Trudy Monk died in a car bomb explosion years before the show began, the incident which exacerbated the obsessive-compulsive tendencies in police detective–turned–private investigator Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub).—
Chancellor Agard,
EW.com,
11 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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The most important note Harry offers is that anyone who wants to team up with a man who saws the heads off rideshare drivers is a deeply disturbed person.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
1 Aug. 2025
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Reeder had been reportedly running in the road and Irondale Police were called on a mentally disturbed person.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
22 July 2025
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“Sociopathic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sociopathic. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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