sociopathic

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Recent Examples of sociopathic Everyone else who isn’t a sociopathic weirdo will be tuned in to the Big Game. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 7 Feb. 2025 DiCaprio starred in the film as the sociopathic slave owner Calvin Candie. Zack Sharf, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025 He was physically and mentally brutalized by a sociopathic father. Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025 But then the more sociopathic side of the spectrum might be Kelly-Anne. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for sociopathic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sociopathic
Adjective
  • Virgo: Danny Tanner Lovable — and sometimes neurotic — Danny Tanner's obsession with keeping things clean most relates to Virgo placements.
    Athena Sobhan, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Fearful that the neurotic Florence might attempt suicide, Olive invites her to move in as her roommate.
    Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 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
  • Mastroianni, who co-wrote the script with Sloan, carries the film with her paranoid performance as Frankie.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 4 Apr. 2025
  • That’s too bad for several reasons, including Lee’s meticulous reconstruction of Hong Kong and Shanghai under Japanese occupation, paranoid, perilous places in which anyone could be working with the occupying forces or conspiring against them.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • In making a show that deals with obsessive-compulsive disorder, the creators managed to maintain a balanced approach while facing certain challenges.
    Ed Meza, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Luke Combs is opening up about his experience with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety.
    Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The overwhelmed administration levied minimal consequences, leading to the student having the impression that their aberrant behavior would result in no significant punitive action.
    Martin Potters, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2025
  • One of the body’s own cells becomes damaged or corrupted and then multiplies to create copies of its aberrant self.
    Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • In the past, Jamil has openly discussed her own journey recovering from anorexia and disordered eating.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • Where the ambulances once stood, remnants of vehicles protruded from disturbed ground.
    Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Next to disturbed earth are three Israeli military bulldozers and an excavator.
    Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But understand this: Its six delirious chapters are scrambled for good reason.
    Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Rich Peppiatt, who previously has made videos for the band, captures the frenzied pace of all this by editing shots that often last a fraction of a second, cutting between microphone, hand, face, somebody else’s delirious expression, a white line.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2024

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“Sociopathic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sociopathic. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.

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