pathological

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Then there’s the pathological terror of holding an actual opinion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 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

Their brains showed many of the same pathological features seen in humans with Alzheimer's disease, including β-amyloid plaques and hyperphosphorylated tau proteins.

From Science Daily • Oct. 11, 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