Wondering how to use Pathological in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as pathologic or neurotic.
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.
Synonyms of Pathological
Using Pathological
- The main meaning on this page is: Pertaining to pathology. | Relating to, amounting to, or caused by a physical or mental disorder. | Having properties which are counterintuitive or difficult to handle.
- Useful related words include: pathologic, medical science, neurotic, psychoneurotic.
- In the example corpus, pathological often appears in combinations such as: the pathological, of pathological, pathological liar.
Context around Pathological
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pathological
- In this selection, "pathological" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, accuser, almost, liar, obsession and conditions stand out and add context to how "pathological" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accuser a pathological liar tuesday and an almost pathological obsession with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pathological" sits close to words such as abstain, acrylic and adc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pathological
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Abe and Bach are both pathological liars. (7 words)
Some people think he was a pathological killer," Hirst said. (10 words)
Dealing with a pathological liar requires patience, strategy, and setting boundaries. (11 words)
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. (43 words)
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. (37 words)
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. (35 words)
Are these personality quirks the essence of their brilliance or pathological eccentricities which sabotage greatness and should not be excused? (20 words)
Example sentences (20)
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.
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.
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.
While the well-established tools will continue to contribute to the study of lysosomal biology, it is necessary to develop novel assays for a better understanding of lysosomal functions in diverse physiological and pathological conditions.
Abe and Bach are both pathological liars.
Common combinations with pathological
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: