sociopathic

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Recent Examples of sociopathic Sheridan seems to be suggesting that a woman needs to be twice as sociopathic as a man to succeed in modern America. Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025 This is pretty funny, though the sociopathic host gimmick is familiar now. Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025 By adding a photo of an ICE arrest to a light-hearted viral trend, for instance, the White House account manages to perfectly capture the sociopathic, fascistic tone of ironic detachment and glee of the internet’s darkest corners and most malignant trolls. Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2025 George Clooney stars as a handsome war correspondent who comes to cover the Potsdam negotiations, Tobey Maguire plays the sociopathic soldier whose death sparks the plot, and Cate Blanchett plays the Jewish prostitute who both men love in their own unhelpful ways. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sociopathic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sociopathic
Adjective
  • That the ruling powers would be capable of such callousness is no surprise; their abject cruelty is as much a part of the Star Wars fabric as orphan heroes or neurotic droids or the Force.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Schulz portrayed his Peanuts gang as small adults; Feiffer’s adults are all neurotic overgrown children.
    Art Spiegelman, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • The senior senator from Wisconsin, Republican Ron Johnson, is posing fresh questions about the deadliest attack on the United States in history, feeding into paranoid and dangerous conspiracy theories.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Eva clocks their conversation as extremely paranoid, and Kyle's attempt at smoothing things over with David only prompts David to start up all over again.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • However, Hippler said, defense experts could speak to those certain ASD or obsessive-compulsive behaviors for rebuttal arguments.
    Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2025
  • About two-thirds of people with ADHD have been diagnosed with a mental health condition such as depression, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).8 Symptoms and Traits While every neurodivergent individual experiences unique emotional and behavioral symptoms.
    Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Back in 2022, researchers at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany showed that administering CAR T-cell therapy to five people with severe lupus could completely remove the aberrant B cells, sending all of the patients into remission.
    Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Things that people think are morally abnormal – aberrant behavior, transgressions, violations of their most sacred values – are viewed as highly threatening and necessary to shut down, with force if necessary.
    Jen Cole Wright, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Consequently, disordered labor disputes have added to the sense of lawlessness and have worsened the economic decline.
    Lindsay Benstead, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2013
  • In the past, Jamil has openly discussed her own journey recovering from anorexia and disordered eating.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Over the last few years, the NYPD has responded to four calls for an emotionally disturbed person involving Brunson showing signs of extreme mental illness, sources said.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Where the ambulances once stood, remnants of vehicles protruded from disturbed ground.
    Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Absurd and even delirious accusations were thrown at me, which deeply hurt my spirit.
    Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
  • By that point the artist was far from Paris, in retreat from the Revolution, and the new paintings have a fleet, delirious, shut-in feel as if produced in a fever.
    Holland Cotter, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2025

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“Sociopathic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sociopathic. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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