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Recent Examples of sociopathic
Alternating between the date and the shoot-out gives the love story extra impact, as the unadulterated joy between Angela and Mike is even more pronounced when placed against the sociopathic violence of Stockwell’s existence.
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Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 4 Feb. 2026
More recently, he's played an abusive husband on Big Little Lies, a sociopathic tech mogul on Succession, and a vengeance-seeking viking caked in dirt and blood in The Northman.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Jan. 2026
The emergence of Kristian’s faintly sociopathic nature is mirrored in his burgeoning artistic vision.
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
Hedda Nia DaCosta reimagines Henrik Ibsen’s famous anti-heroine as a sociopathic high-society hostess channeling all her frustration into manipulating the many people obsessed with her like an impulsive puppeteer.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 4 Feb. 2026
More recently, he's played an abusive husband on Big Little Lies, a sociopathic tech mogul on Succession, and a vengeance-seeking viking caked in dirt and blood in The Northman.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Jan. 2026
The emergence of Kristian’s faintly sociopathic nature is mirrored in his burgeoning artistic vision.
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
Hedda Nia DaCosta reimagines Henrik Ibsen’s famous anti-heroine as a sociopathic high-society hostess channeling all her frustration into manipulating the many people obsessed with her like an impulsive puppeteer.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sociopathic
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The ongoing controversy surrounding the police shooting of a mentalliy ill Queens schizophrenic man who charged at cops with a knife ratcheted up a notch Wednesday with the release of 911 audio the NYPD says makes clear police were going to be responding to the episode.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
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The most compelling aspect of Newsom’s biography is his schizophrenic upbringing, vis-à-vis wealth.—
Maya Singer,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2026
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The issue, which can arise within minutes, is that no matter how careful, how neurotic, how cautious someone is, inevitably the shiny piano black plastic trim gets scratched, knicked, and or marred rapidly as a car is used.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
5 Mar. 2026
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The series also saw Rick Hoffman reprise his fan-favorite character, the neurotic financial law partner Louis Litt, in the spinoff.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Feb. 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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Changing your locks is pragmatic, not paranoid.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
11 Mar. 2026
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What follows is a crusade of detours, espionage and a paranoid struggle to preserve the only home he’s ever known.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2026
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In a 20-year-old Michigan Court of Appeals case involving a custody order on Sue’s son, the court had called her a con artist, scam artist and psychopathic liar and said that her life resembled a soap opera.—
Virginia Hammerle,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Especially after it was revealed that her seemingly innocent character was actually a cold-blooded, psychopathic assassin in season one, and is already looking quite unpredictable in season two, which released the first three episodes of the new season on Monday.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Feb. 2026
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The villains in this TikTok trend are clear, with most of the videos poking fun at narcissistic, annoying, or outright delusional people that just seem to be an inescapable part of life these days.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 Mar. 2026
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Which is not to say Yee is delusional.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
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But for individuals experiencing schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, severe depression, or obsessive-compulsive disorder, that validation may amplify paranoia, grandiosity, or self-destructive thinking.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
7 Mar. 2026
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Importantly, some psychiatric conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder are characterized by impulsivity, or a lack of hesitation, while excessive hesitation is a crippling consequence of several anxiety disorders.—
Eric Yttri,
The Conversation,
12 Feb. 2026
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Hedda’s aberrant behavior now has the power to provoke an F-bomb, though the period of Barry Edelstein’s production at the Old Globe hasn’t otherwise been radically updated.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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More recently, though, he’s been following through, no matter how aberrant his ideas.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Sociopathic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sociopathic. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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