pathological
of or relating to pathology.
caused by or involving disease; morbid.
caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition: a pathological hoarder.
dealing with diseases: a pathological casebook.
Origin of pathological
1- Also path·o·log·ic [path-uh-loj-ik] /ˌpæθ əˈlɒdʒ ɪk/ .
Other words from pathological
- path·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
- non·path·o·log·ic, adjective
- non·path·o·log·i·cal, adjective
- non·path·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
- post·path·o·log·ic, adjective
- post·path·o·log·i·cal, adjective
- sem·i·path·o·log·ic, adjective
- sem·i·path·o·log·i·cal, adjective
- sem·i·path·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
- un·path·o·log·i·cal, adjective
- un·path·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use pathological in a sentence
The same blend of pathological fearmongering could again energize the base in a way that could enable right-wing economic interests to stage a check on economic progress.
In 2013, McKee and colleagues proposed a scheme for characterizing the severity of CTE, classifying it into four pathological stages.
More football leads to worse CTE, scientists say. Consider NFL great Willie Wood. | Rick Maese | March 12, 2021 | Washington PostI shrank from their touch, recoiling from their hands like hot iron, believing their interest to be impossible or pathological.
The overinterpretation is to interpret it as being pathological.
I Am a Heroin User. I Do Not Have a Drug Problem - Issue 96: Rewired | Mark MacNamara | February 17, 2021 | NautilusThe Republicans who rally around a pathological demagogue are not a “fringe” in the party.
Actually some of the Contras whom I knew were the moral equivalent of pathological killers.
“Such a clandestine and pathological way of drinking increases the chances of becoming an alcoholic exponentially,” says Alireza.
Another vital source of evidence is pathological: the condition of the bodies of victims, which will show how they died.
MH17 Is the World’s First Open-Source Air Crash Investigation | Clive Irving | July 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe situation is pathological, not the people who keep remembering.
The Flight 370 Paradox: How Do You Mourn a Missing Person? | Abby Haglage | March 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA relationship that infantilizes a woman is one that clearly draws a more pathological group of people.
Spanking for Jesus: Inside the Unholy World of ‘Christian Domestic Discipline’ | Brandy Zadrozny | June 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTUndoubtedly his existence is a product of the system, a pathological product, a kind of elephantiasis of individualism.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockIt has been maintained that this is a pathological specimen, and does not represent normal man.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles Morrispathological micro-organisms have very complicated products which are in large part poisonous.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyUnexpected death frequently occurs in mania because of the failure to recognise the existence of serious pathological conditions.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyNot that it is any more frequent in England, however, but was there first recognised as a distinct pathological entity.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin Malley
British Dictionary definitions for pathological
less commonly pathologic
/ (ˌpæθəˈlɒdʒɪkəl) /
of or relating to pathology
relating to, involving, or caused by disease
informal compulsively motivated: a pathological liar
Derived forms of pathological
- pathologically, adverb
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