SOCIOPATHIC Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

sociopathic

adjective

Definition of sociopathic

as in schizophrenic

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Recent Examples of sociopathic Their road trip veers profanely off course with Sheridan exhibiting a cruel streak that’s viscous, sociopathic and even repellent. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026 Petticrew, who is 30 but played a teen convincingly as recently as 2024’s Say Nothing, portrays Catherine as the sociopathic consequence of a culture prone to sexualizing the young. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026 Vian’s book is brutal, almost unbearably sociopathic, but his descriptions are lyrical and refined. — Spin Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026 Bardem plays the sociopathic ex-convict, Max Cady, recently released after a 17-year stint for killing his pregnant wife. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for sociopathic

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Adjective

The 911 caller told police that their schizophrenic son had struck her 69-year-old husband on the head with a hammer.

— WCCO Staff, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
What’s emerged is a schizophrenic marketplace where art and commerce have fused into The Substance.

— Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of schizophrenic

Adjective

The professionalization worked, but at the expense of the site’s internal culture, Cooke argues, as generous eccentrics were displaced by neurotic lovers of rules.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
Ludwig is the twitchy, neurotic, charming character that Mitchell was born to play.

— Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of neurotic

Adjective

The artist adopts a schizoid persona, with multiple voices flowing out of him, and swerves between lucid social criticism—about the history of slavery or of higher education—and total gibberish.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
The idea of a schizoid Lady M is not entirely without appeal, but despite strong performances across the board, the work runs aground fast.

— Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024

Definition of schizoid

Adjective

Particularly paranoid reads include the belief that the band dropped Florida Water Blues on punk label Going Underground before signing to Sub Pop as an astroturfing campaign.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026
The situation became murkier as French lawyer Suzane Blum took increasing control over the affairs of Simpson, who had become increasingly paranoid and befuddled.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of paranoid

Adjective

She is perhaps best known for her slippery, captivating performance as the psychopathic lead of David Fincher’s 2014 hit Gone Girl.

— Sarah Crompton, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026
Identifying whether a person has psychopathic characteristics may also be relevant to how a court sentences them after conviction.

— David DeMatteo, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of psychopathic

Adjective

Mental health experts have voiced concerns about chatbots’ sycophancy, lack of clinical nuance, and ability to reinforce delusional beliefs.

— Andrew R. Chow, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
What helped turn this childhood quirk into a pilot script was a little research into Capgras syndrome, one hell of a delusional disorder that affects the rare patient who firmly believes a family member or close friend is an impostor.

— Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of delusional

Adjective

Genetic predispositions to sensory overload, which is often experienced by people with autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder, can put someone on this path early in life.

— Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
During this period of my life, one that was entirely consumed by obsessive-compulsive disorder, virtually every e-mail that landed in my inbox had the same effect on me.

— Andrew Lipstein, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of obsessive-compulsive

Adjective

Similarly, after the traumas of the Civil War and Reconstruction, some Southern writers emphasized aberrant behavior to undercut the aristocratic whitewash of gentility and custom.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
The aberrant digit only crept in because Ford owned the rights to Model E and wasn’t interested in selling.

— Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of aberrant

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