pathological
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The intellectual class has never been immune to the pathological American conviction that history is bunk.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
This wasn't depression per se, but a condition known as pathological apathy that Patrick describes as feeling like "floating through time" without solid ground.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026
Grinch boosters point out that the villain repents and reforms at the end of the story, shedding his pathological hatred of Christmas.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025
The pathological self-regard required to be a YouTube star turned out to be reasonable preparation for the supercharged bravado of being a boxer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
And yet what Jimmy had felt for her was beyond normal love; it was passion—a passion that was in part pathological.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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