pathological
Example Sentences
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The pathological self-regard required to be a YouTube star turned out to be reasonable preparation for the supercharged bravado of being a boxer.
It’s a reminder that what often looks like dominance in the global economy may instead be symptomatic of a pathological codependence.
The study appears in Molecular Psychiatry under the title "Defective Hoxb8 microglia are causative for both chronic anxiety and pathological overgrooming in mice."
From Science Daily
How did a glass eye explain, in a competitive swimmer, a pathological fear of deep water—the terror of not knowing what lurked beneath him?
From Literature
Rowan "presents completely differently to Holly" and has pathological demand avoidance which means his "nervous system's response to any demand is to see it as a threat".
From BBC
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