PSYCHOPATHIC Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

psychopathic

adjective

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Recent Examples of psychopathic Like a mercantile colony, all Putin has is a lot of land, raw materials, and psychopathic propaganda. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 23 May 2026 In 2014, the Ig Nobel Prize in psychology went to a trio of researchers who found that people who habitually stay up late are, on average, more self-admiring, more manipulative and more psychopathic than people who habitually arise early in the morning. — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026 Does anyone want to check the trunk of MacKinnon's car for ropes or bottles of bleach, because this is something a psychopathic killer would do. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026 In 2024, Julie Aitken Schermer, a psychology professor at the University of Western Ontario in Canada, published a paper that showed drivers who modified their exhaust systems to be louder were more likely to have psychopathic and sadist tendencies. — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for psychopathic

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Adjective

Petticrew, who is 30 but played a teen convincingly as recently as 2024’s Say Nothing, portrays Catherine as the sociopathic consequence of a culture prone to sexualizing the young.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026
Vian’s book is brutal, almost unbearably sociopathic, but his descriptions are lyrical and refined.

— SPIN Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026

Definition of sociopathic

Adjective

As her life is starting, her mother suffers from an acute schizophrenic episode.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 16 June 2026
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.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 May 2026

Definition of schizophrenic

Adjective

Kuk and especially Kodelja shine with naturalistic charm in this delicate two-hander, their easy chemistry making credible the rapport between Maruša’s grungy cynic and Alja’s snuggie-wearing neurotic.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 22 Aug. 2026
Alyson Hannigan was Lily, a kindergarten teacher and Marshall’s loving, supportive wife, who also happens to have a wild, feisty, and neurotic side.

— Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of neurotic

Adjective

The artist adopts a schizoid persona, with multiple voices flowing out of him, and swerves between lucid social criticism—about the history of slavery or of higher education—and total gibberish.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of schizoid

Adjective

The result is a sprawling theory combining paranoid interpretations of current events with historical conspiracies.

— Matthew N. Hannah, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
These women can become depressed, isolated, paranoid — convinced their thinning hair is all other people see.

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of paranoid

Adjective

Almost every great performer is at some point in their life delusional.

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2026
In February, Patrick Collison told TBPN there was a reasonable chance Q1 2026 would be remembered as the first quarter of the singularity, adding that in hindsight the claim might look completely delusional.

— Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of delusional

Adjective

Cage plays Roy, a gifted con artist with obsessive-compulsive disorder whose tics, phobias and elaborate rituals have turned his immaculate home into a fortress against the world.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Decker says she was diagnosed with postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorder and psychosis and found help at The Motherhood Space in Jacksonville, Florida – a program that treats mood and anxiety disorders during and after pregnancy.

— Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of obsessive-compulsive

Adjective

The movie is based not just on my own battle, but the struggles of people with all types of disordered eating.

— Marti Noxon, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
An offense that had recently hung 40 points on Kansas City to win the Super Bowl quickly transformed itself into something deeply unfun, disordered and predictable.

— Andy Behrens, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

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