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Recent Examples of sociopathic
The three or four boys in my year who weren’t totally sociopathic.
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Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026
Sure, the sequence largely swipes away hints given prior that Bowser was an absent father, but in a film where most of the characters veer toward the blandly nice, watching a dad and his son bond over their same sociopathic tendencies was the only moment that tugged at the heartstrings.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2026
In truth, this sociopathic leading lady should be unlikeable.
—Rebecca Cope, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2026
Harper is a bit of a dead-eyed, ruthless, sociopathic great white shark.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 2 Mar. 2026
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Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026
Sure, the sequence largely swipes away hints given prior that Bowser was an absent father, but in a film where most of the characters veer toward the blandly nice, watching a dad and his son bond over their same sociopathic tendencies was the only moment that tugged at the heartstrings.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2026
In truth, this sociopathic leading lady should be unlikeable.
—Rebecca Cope, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2026
Harper is a bit of a dead-eyed, ruthless, sociopathic great white shark.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 2 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sociopathic
Adjective
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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
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Senior Deputy District Attorney Jeff Moore acknowledged that Fahim was schizophrenic, but argued that the killings were driven by Fahim’s anger at his workplace dispute with Cuomo, not his mental illness.—
Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Nilsson admits to suffering from horror vacui—a fear of empty space, which in her case reads less like a neurotic affliction than like compulsive conviviality.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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When a conversation ends without a real answer, when a situation is explained away rather than actually explained, the discomfort is not neurotic or petty.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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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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But their tentative affair is secondary to the complex bond between Ali and Jersey, whose troubled connection with Davis helps Ali understand why her mother is so paranoid about her romantic choices.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Outside of a few such sequences, the new series plays more as paranoid Cold War thriller than hopeful sci-fi saga, and a pretty good one at that.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2026
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Like a mercantile colony, all Putin has is a lot of land, raw materials, and psychopathic propaganda.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
23 May 2026
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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
Adjective
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For my follow-on analysis of details about the OpenAI lawsuit and how AI can foster delusional thinking in humans, see my analysis at the link here.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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So, no, not delusional to see competitiveness after a 10th-place finish.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
30 May 2026
Adjective
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Hoarding disorder is a mental health condition classified under obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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Over the years, doctors reportedly diagnosed him with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
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Making the aberrant choice stand out all the more was that Season 2 didn’t get to finish on its own terms.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
30 May 2026
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The question may seem aberrant, something a dimwit or sadistic mother might ask her charge during toilet training, but Americans do regard living writers as both needlessly and necessarily strange.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Sociopathic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sociopathic. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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