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pathological

[path-uh-loj-i-kuhl] / ˌpæθ əˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl /
ADJECTIVE
relating to diseases
Synonyms
STRONG


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Refrain from calling her a pathological liar, even if just to yourself, as that will color your response to her.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

As a result, Prof Voon says, friends or family can regard the change in behaviour as generosity or extravagance - rather than anything pathological - and so it continues.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

These meetings have been marked for most of the past couple decades by something approaching pathological agreeability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

The intellectual class has never been immune to the pathological American conviction that history is bunk.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026

Finn Taylor has retreated from most of the world; his size comes from negligence and laziness, a carelessness that would be pathological if it had any meticulousness to it.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan




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