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The novel gives us a far more detailed and, for that reason, more frightening insight into Norman’s psychopathic condition than is possible in movies and is, in its own medium, just as memorable.
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Therie Hendrey-Seabrook,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
18 Mar. 2026
Even worse, if that’s possible, is that his psychopathic narcissism adds a selfish mean streak to his adolescent behavior.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2026
The other was Iraqi weightlifter Raed Ahmed, who had witnessed Saddam Hussein’s psychopathic son Uday executing athletes for poor performances.
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Nick Miller,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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.
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Virginia Hammerle,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Therie Hendrey-Seabrook,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
18 Mar. 2026
Even worse, if that’s possible, is that his psychopathic narcissism adds a selfish mean streak to his adolescent behavior.
—
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2026
The other was Iraqi weightlifter Raed Ahmed, who had witnessed Saddam Hussein’s psychopathic son Uday executing athletes for poor performances.
—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychopathic
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He is portrayed as sociopathic, to put it not as lightly.
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Vian’s book is brutal, almost unbearably sociopathic, but his descriptions are lyrical and refined.
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As her life is starting, her mother suffers from an acute schizophrenic episode.
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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.
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But the real shock here is Wilde, who not only knows how to keep viewers on the back foot as a filmmaker but slides into a neurotic register and off-kilter comic timing for her high-strung hostess that fit her like rubber glove.
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In a four-hander where each performer excels in their own way, Wilde gives a neurotic tour de force.
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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.
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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.
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Given that the conflict between Rudd and Marcus becomes sweaty as hell to begin with (Rudd grows paranoid that Marcus will steal his spotlight), Spicer’s film would have been well-served to paper over it in favor of a few extra gags.
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She’s been attacked, her puritanical sister has landed from America, and murder is starting to feel less like a paranoid theory than a reasonable working assumption.
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Grief experts are wary of these potential harms, too — especially since several major AI companies faced wrongful death lawsuits claiming AI chatbots encouraged self-harm or pushed users into delusional mental states.
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In an interview with NPR, Wolff said neighbors, family, and teachers all agreed that Saldaño was sometimes delusional and unable to understand such simple directions as how to cross the street without being hit by a car.
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In 2018, their son, Alan Hu, was receiving medical care for depression and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
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Wealthy, misanthropic and obsessive-compulsive, Melvin Udall, played by Jack Nicholson, develops an unlikely bond with Carol, a waitress portrayed by Helen Hunt.
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Studies have found that Black college women, as a group, report greater body satisfaction and lower rates of disordered eating than white women of comparable weight.
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Research shows that such bodily scrutiny is already damaging transgender youth and that bodily shame can significantly affect young people’s mental health, leading to disordered eating and other physical and psychological harm.
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“Psychopathic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychopathic. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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