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Pathological meaning
Pertaining to pathology. | Relating to, amounting to, or caused by a physical or mental disorder. | Having properties which are counterintuitive or difficult to handle.
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Cosby's lawyers call accuser 'pathological liar' in closing argumentsApril 24 (UPI) -- Lawyers representing Bill Cosby in his sexual assault trial called the actor's accuser a "pathological liar" Tuesday during closing arguments.
Pathological visual illusions arise from a pathological exaggeration in physiological visual perception mechanisms causing the aforementioned types of illusions.
Are these personality quirks the essence of their brilliance or pathological eccentricities which sabotage greatness and should not be excused?
Dr Cary wrote: “The pathological findings are not typical of self-infliction in that there are no tentative wounds, severe force would have been required and the knife was withdrawn from the wound, allegedly by the deceased.
He called McDaniel a “pathological liar” during the campaign and decried the coarse tone of the race in a victory speech Tuesday.
However, though the motivation of the blow is shallow, solipsistic and self-aggrandising, their impact on others is arguably less harmful that the damage done by their seemingly-sound antithesis: The pathological downplayer.
Hyper violence, an almost pathological obsession with vibrant, fluid motion ramped up to the nth degree.
In older individuals, ABCC6 Deficiency presents as pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE), which is characterized by pathological mineralization in blood vessels and soft tissues clinically affecting the skin, eyes, and vascular system.
On this slide, you see a picture of Kathryn who was diagnosed as BBS when she was six years old and struggled throughout her teens and early 20s with hyperphagia, that pathological hunger that leads to abnormal food seeking behaviors and severe obesity.
Some people think he was a pathological killer," Hirst said.
Such an interpretation, invoking wounded narcissism and pathological autonomy rather than father or Christ complexes and latent homosexuality, certainly has a more twenty-first-century feel to it.
There are times when a parent is so pathological or evil—or when it is the parent who has chosen to ignore a child—that communication is essentially impossible.
Trump's pathological behavior is in no way separate from his role as leader of the neofascist MAGA movement and larger white right.
Wider usage of software analytics will allow scientists to link genomic sequences to pathological conditions, allowing them to focus their research on certain genetic diseases.
America's celebrated work ethic increasingly resembles a pathological obsession rather than commendable diligence.
Dealing with a pathological liar requires patience, strategy, and setting boundaries.
It made me more attentive — no pun intended — to the way in which I try to replenish my attention or give it a break in ways that are pathological.
Pathological lying may respond to a desire to have others view them positively so as to make them look better than what they actually are.
The Taliban are a despicable criminal group who have a pathological hatred of women and girls.
This is the second part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia — to spend some time in worlds beyond the pathological obsessions of President-elect Donald Trump.