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Because without them, we are often left with a patient who is terrified, paranoid, screaming, or striking out — and a family that is exhausted, helpless, and scared.—
Dr. Sabooh Mubbashar,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2025 -
A lot of her friends were quite paranoid about everything.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2025
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Hollywood has always been a neurotic industry, but the current anxiety, uncertainty, and job losses are acute.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
5 May 2025
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The sequel also doubled as an exploration of the singer’s neurotic behavior.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2025
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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
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The entire movie, of course, was a goof, a schizoid cardboard Vaudeville horror burlesque shot in two days and a night by Roger Corman.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2024
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There was the rich shopaholic Desperate Housewife; an amorous painter; a sociopathic hitman who was a whiz at pub trivia; a grumpy old man; a schizophrenic; a kids basketball coach; a magician; a dominatrix; a medieval history professor fond of LARP-ing; and a ballroom dancer, to name a few.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2025
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Pair that with viewers lusting after a sociopathic stalker, fantasizing about Joe's killer looks.—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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When the injuries stack up and the character gets delirious, Brunson really starts cooking.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
4 May 2025
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Dončić yelled, as the delirious crowd in Dallas celebrated the Mavericks’ Game Two victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference Finals last year.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
4 May 2025
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However, Hippler said, defense experts could speak to those certain ASD or obsessive-compulsive behaviors for rebuttal arguments.—
Sasha Pezenik,
ABC News,
18 Apr. 2025
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About two-thirds of people with ADHD have been diagnosed with a mental health condition such as depression, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).8 Symptoms and Traits While every neurodivergent individual experiences unique emotional and behavioral symptoms.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Consequently, disordered labor disputes have added to the sense of lawlessness and have worsened the economic decline.—
Lindsay Benstead,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Feb. 2013
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In the past, Jamil has openly discussed her own journey recovering from anorexia and disordered eating.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
27 Dec. 2024
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Back in 2022, researchers at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany showed that administering CAR T-cell therapy to five people with severe lupus could completely remove the aberrant B cells, sending all of the patients into remission.—
Juergen Eckhardt,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Things that people think are morally abnormal – aberrant behavior, transgressions, violations of their most sacred values – are viewed as highly threatening and necessary to shut down, with force if necessary.—
Jen Cole Wright,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Delusionary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delusionary. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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