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Recent Examples of sociopathic
The real Paik Sa-eon was born into the Paik family with sociopathic tendencies.
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Kayti Burt, TIME, 4 Jan. 2025
But what the show ends up doing is withholding empathy for its protagonist, who looks increasingly sociopathic with each death that washes over her.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024
Facing a potential payout in the tens of millions at the very least from an invasion of privacy lawsuit over some sloppy editing on a 2022 Blumhouse documentary about a sociopathic fertility doctor, Netflix has emerged having to write a relatively small check thanks to a Midwest jury.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
The third film about the sociopathic clown largely repeats the pros and cons of the last movie — killer makeup effects and a great performance buried in a repetitive flick with a story that’s impossible to care about — but that’s more than enough for fans of this increasingly popular franchise.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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Kayti Burt, TIME, 4 Jan. 2025
But what the show ends up doing is withholding empathy for its protagonist, who looks increasingly sociopathic with each death that washes over her.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024
Facing a potential payout in the tens of millions at the very least from an invasion of privacy lawsuit over some sloppy editing on a 2022 Blumhouse documentary about a sociopathic fertility doctor, Netflix has emerged having to write a relatively small check thanks to a Midwest jury.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
The third film about the sociopathic clown largely repeats the pros and cons of the last movie — killer makeup effects and a great performance buried in a repetitive flick with a story that’s impossible to care about — but that’s more than enough for fans of this increasingly popular franchise.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sociopathic
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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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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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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SSRIs are first choice treatments for mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).7 Lexapro is available in tablet and liquid forms.—
Megan Nunn,
Verywell Health,
12 Feb. 2025
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Similarly, a 2019 study in JAMA Psychiatry followed 579 New Zealand children over three decades and found that children exposed to lead were more likely to grow up to have anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, or substance abuse issues.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
24 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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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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When the soil or plant material is disturbed, tiny spores can be released into the air.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2025
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After Cornell's burial on the farm, a disturbed Dr. Wilbur revealed to Durfee what Cornell had told him: Avery had assaulted her at a camp meeting that August.—
Melissa Gray,
NPR,
26 Jan. 2025
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
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“Sociopathic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sociopathic. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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