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pathological

Syllables: pa·tho·lo·gi·calUK/ˌpæθ.əˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl//ˌpæθ.əˈlɑd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/

pathological adjective: pertaining to pathology.

Adjective

pathological (comparative more pathological, superlative most pathological)

  1. Pertaining to pathology.
    • But we can no longer regard the mere fact of these diffuse condensations of the lung becoming yellow and caseous as an evidence of their tuberculous nature, especially since the pathological anatomists, and among them Virchow, have shown that formations of the most different kind, having not the...1868, Felix von Niemeyer, J. L Parke, Clinical Lectures on Pulmonary Phthisis, Moorhead, Simpson & Bond, page 3
  2. Relating to, amounting to, or caused by a physical or mental disorder.
    • Paul Canning's performance as Julian gives the character an emotional center that is not in the script: He is vulnerable without being pathological, needy without being pathetic.1981 April 18, Michael Bronski, “Good Production -- Bad Play”, in Gay Community News, page 10
    Synonyms:
    pathologic
  3. Having properties which are counterintuitive or difficult to handle.
  4. Having properties that cause unusually bad behaviour, especially regarding correctness or performance.

pathological meaning in Bengali, Malayalam and Persian

pathological in Bengali

রোগতাত্ত্বিক, অস্বাভাবিক, বিকৃত

pathological in Malayalam

രോഗനിദാന ശാസ്ത്രസംബന്ധമായ

pathological in Persian

relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder
بیمارگونه bimârgune

Examples of pathological in a sentence

  • The pathological liar was morally inferior to his much nicer constituents.
  • SFV addiction is a pathological factor that negatively influences adolescents’ mental states.
  • Rather, it is part of a wider problem of pathological numerophilia.

All 40 example sentences with pathological

Synonyms of pathological

Antonyms

Forms of pathological

comparativemore pathological
superlativemost pathological

Origin of pathological

From pathology + -ical.

Words formed from pathological

Phrases with pathological

Questions about pathological

What does pathological mean?
Pathological means pertaining to pathology.
What is pathological in Bengali?
Pathological in Bengali is রোগতাত্ত্বিক, অস্বাভাবিক, বিকৃত. See Pathological meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is pathological?
Pathological is an adjective.
How do you pronounce pathological?
Pathological is pronounced /ˌpæθ.əˈlɑd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/ (US).

Words near pathological in the dictionary

  1. patholaxity
  2. patholinguistic
  3. patholinguistics
  4. pathologenic
  5. pathologic
  6. pathological
  7. pathological coupling
  8. pathological couplings
  9. pathological histology
  10. pathological liar
  11. pathological liars

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pathological (page history and authors); Pathological (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pathological (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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