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Recent Examples of obsessive-compulsive
Zane Gonzalez is opening up about his relationship with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) after television cameras captured his pre-kick routine during this past weekend's wild-card round win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Chantz Martin, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
Other potential issues include obsessive-compulsive disorder or seizure-like activity, both of which should be evaluated by a vet.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
There’s an obsessive-compulsive quality to her behavior.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
It was previously considered a subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder, but in 2013 it was given its own diagnostic criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the DSM-5.
—Sarah Boden, NPR, 30 Dec. 2024
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Chantz Martin, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
Other potential issues include obsessive-compulsive disorder or seizure-like activity, both of which should be evaluated by a vet.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
There’s an obsessive-compulsive quality to her behavior.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
It was previously considered a subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder, but in 2013 it was given its own diagnostic criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the DSM-5.
—Sarah Boden, NPR, 30 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for obsessive-compulsive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obsessive-compulsive
Adjective
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Risk-takers were viewed as highly neurotic and susceptible to ads that pricked their fears, Cambridge records show.—
Corey G. Johnson,
ProPublica,
5 Feb. 2025
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Gerber gives quirky life to Jane Jr.’s neurotic sensitivity.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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That becomes a great way to place him in a paranoid thriller, which is a genre that’s about mistrust of institutions and individuals.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
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The process of selecting the next pope is turned into a taught, twisty, paranoid thriller.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Everyone else who isn’t a sociopathic weirdo will be tuned in to the Big Game.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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DiCaprio starred in the film as the sociopathic slave owner Calvin Candie.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In the past, Jamil has openly discussed her own journey recovering from anorexia and disordered eating.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
27 Dec. 2024
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Thus did the conservative loose cannonballs come eventually to dominate the GOP—and define our disordered political era.—
Daniel Schlozman & Sam Rosenfeld / Made by History,
TIME,
10 June 2024
Adjective
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The money goes to the family of the 10-year-old boy who corralled the ball in the right-field bleachers at Dodger Stadium amid the delirious celebration after Freeman homered with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning, and the Dodgers one out away from defeat.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Dec. 2024
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The elaborate choreography and colorful vision match Vincente Minnelli’s style but underneath carry a delirious energy equal to Ken Russell’s maddest visions of neurotic excess.—
Armond White,
National Review,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This not only paints a wider picture of his life and interests outside his Milan office, but frames his medical specialties as part of this natural world — his focus is the nature of human bodies, desires and impulses — rather than as something aberrant, as in the minds of detractors.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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Weissman’s characterization of Mobutu’s rule as something aberrant during Africa’s first three decades of independence is not accurate.—
Herman J. Cohen,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Dec. 2014
Adjective
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His workarounds are ingenious and very funny, and his biggest changes see a playful inversion of traditionally uptight Asian stereotypes.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2025
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Dreux and Alyssa have what looks like a familiar dynamic: Dreux the uptight one in search of control, Alyssa the loosey-goosey one urging her friend to worry less.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2025
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