Definition of "pathological" []

• Of or relating to pathology. (adjective)
• Relating to or caused by disease. (adjective)
• Of, relating to, or manifesting behavior that is habitual, maladaptive, and compulsive: a pathological liar. (adjective)

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• "I think that she had what we call pathological envy, meaning she didn ` t want anyone else to be happy but her."
• "Then, once they became what he terms pathological gamers, their grades were more likely to drop, and their relationships with their parents deteriorated."
• "The claim that she's "pathological" is a reference to Nevada journalist Jon Ralston's tireless efforts to document what he describes as her "pathological" tendency to rewrite history and pretend she never said what she plainly did say."