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patho·logi·cal (pat̸h′ə läj′i kəl)
adjective
- of pathology; of or concerned with diseases
- due to or involving disease
- governed by a compulsion; compulsive a pathological liar
Related Forms:
- pathologically path′o·log′i·cally adverb
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Modifies a noun
- liar: Let me begin by saying that I'm a pathological liar.
Modifying Another Word
- almost: In fact, he appears to have an almost pathological dislike for what we represent.
Used with adjective complement
- become: Anita goes off the rails; her desire for closure and some sort of answers becomes almost pathological.
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It is not usually our ideas that make us optimistic or pessimistic, but it is our optimism or pessimism of physiological or pathological origin that makes our ideas.
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