SOCIOPATHIC Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

sociopathic

adjective

Definition of sociopathic

as in schizophrenic

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Recent Examples of sociopathic 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 Petticrew, who is 30 but played a teen convincingly as recently as 2024’s Say Nothing, portrays Catherine as the sociopathic consequence of a culture prone to sexualizing the young. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026 Vian’s book is brutal, almost unbearably sociopathic, but his descriptions are lyrical and refined. — Spin Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026 Bardem plays the sociopathic ex-convict, Max Cady, recently released after a 17-year stint for killing his pregnant wife. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for sociopathic

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Adjective

The Royal Road to the Un-Understandable This schizophrenic self that emerges in a vehicle is what links road horror to dream states.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
The 911 caller told police that their schizophrenic son had struck her 69-year-old husband on the head with a hammer.

— WCCO Staff, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of schizophrenic

Adjective

Carl and Princess Donut must endure a series of traps and challenges set forth by the neurotic, foot-fetishizing System AI.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2026
The professionalization worked, but at the expense of the site’s internal culture, Cooke argues, as generous eccentrics were displaced by neurotic lovers of rules.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 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

The Ohio artist’s first album in four years is paranoid, indulgent, and theatrical, unfolding like a dark romantasy novel.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026
The situation became murkier as French lawyer Suzane Blum took increasing control over the affairs of Simpson, who had become increasingly paranoid and befuddled.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of paranoid

Adjective

His lack of road diplomacy—his road rage—is heightened to psychopathic degrees and puts everyone in his path at risk.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
According to the study, Cornelisz exhibited all 10 core characteristics associated with psychopathic business leaders.

— Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of psychopathic

Adjective

No matter how delusional and disconnected from sanity that worldview might be.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Mental health experts have voiced concerns about chatbots’ sycophancy, lack of clinical nuance, and ability to reinforce delusional beliefs.

— Andrew R. Chow, Time, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of delusional

Adjective

Ultimately, these tools could yield discoveries about the brain and potentially even treatments for psychiatric conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

— Simon Makin, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
The medical community, however, views them as effective and necessary treatments for people with a wide range of mental disorders, including depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

— Awais Aftab, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of obsessive-compulsive

Adjective

Similarly, after the traumas of the Civil War and Reconstruction, some Southern writers emphasized aberrant behavior to undercut the aristocratic whitewash of gentility and custom.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
The aberrant digit only crept in because Ford owned the rights to Model E and wasn’t interested in selling.

— Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of aberrant

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