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Recent Examples of obsessive-compulsive
Longtime talk show host Ellen DeGeneres announced last week that she has been diagnosed with osteoporosis, as well as OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) and ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder).
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Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2024
My mind has always been prone to fixation: I was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder at 17, which left me with obsessions that prompted me to perform time-consuming rituals and tasks.
—Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024
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In small clinical trials, synthetic versions of the psychedelic have shown benefits in tackling cluster headaches, anxiety, anorexia, obsessive-compulsive disorder and various forms of substance abuse.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
For example, body dysmorphic disorder is often comorbid with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
—Laura Dorwart, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2024
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Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2024
My mind has always been prone to fixation: I was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder at 17, which left me with obsessions that prompted me to perform time-consuming rituals and tasks.
—Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024
Related article Unforgettable photos of psychedelia and debauchery from the golden age of LSD
In small clinical trials, synthetic versions of the psychedelic have shown benefits in tackling cluster headaches, anxiety, anorexia, obsessive-compulsive disorder and various forms of substance abuse.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
For example, body dysmorphic disorder is often comorbid with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
—Laura Dorwart, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for obsessive-compulsive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obsessive-compulsive
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Here are some presents for those delightfully neurotic people in your life, the ones who keep their kitchens as organized as the pros in restaurants.Emily Johnson, Bon Appétit, 5 Dec. 2024
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Due to childhood lead poisoning, the research suggests that Americans, overall, are less conscientious and more neurotic.Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
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Corcoran is under the paranoid delusion that prison guards are torturing him with sound waves.Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2024
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Described as a paranoid thriller in the vein of Esmail’s Emmy and Golden Globe winner Mr. Robot, as well as The Silence of the Lambs, the film’s logline is being kept under wraps.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
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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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But what the show ends up doing is withholding empathy for its protagonist, who looks increasingly sociopathic with each death that washes over her.Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024
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Facing a potential payout in the tens of millions at the very least from an invasion of privacy lawsuit over some sloppy editing on a 2022 Blumhouse documentary about a sociopathic fertility doctor, Netflix has emerged having to write a relatively small check thanks to a Midwest jury.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
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Thus did the conservative loose cannonballs come eventually to dominate the GOP—and define our disordered political era.Daniel Schlozman & Sam Rosenfeld / Made by History, TIME, 10 June 2024
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It is associated with hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impairs daily functioning, and can be disabling.Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
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Meanwhile, his primetime chalk talk sessions with the Bros. Manning are the stuff of a football junky’s most delirious fever dreams.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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That all came through, especially on the drums, the delirious guitar solo, and Clarkson’s always stellar vocals.Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2024
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However, a late-October rally in Trump’s odds was a result of aberrant betting behavior from just 1% of Polymarket’s users, according to Bloomberg.Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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But Trump’s conduct has been so aberrant for so long that separating genuine deterioration from routine volatility is no easy task—on what basis does one judge oscillations in something without precedent in public life?Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
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Some people are really uptight but Marty was just so easy to talk to.Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 3 Dec. 2024
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As the uptight and upright body guard, Costner is well-cast, plowing straight ahead with all his character’s ticks and warts.Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Obsessive-compulsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsessive-compulsive. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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