pathologically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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She charges the apps left her with anxiety, depression and body dysmorphia — a pathologically distorted self-perception, most prevalent in girls, that a growing body of research has linked to social platforms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
Webb writes in his book that Bashir was "pathologically, compellingly charming. Ruthless."
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2025
And to be fair, that’s not a bad courtroom strategy against an opponent who is almost pathologically predisposed to putting his foot in his mouth.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2025
After all, these platforms—neutral to a fault, and almost pathologically scrupulous—already are what Bezos apparently wants the Post to become.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2024
Cancer, perhaps, is an ultimate perversion of genetics—a genome that becomes pathologically obsessed with replicating itself.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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