Definitions for Pathological
ˌpæθ əˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəlpatho·log·i·cal

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. pathological, pathologicadjective

   of or relating to the practice of pathology

   "pathological laboratory"

2. pathologicaladjective

   caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition

   "a pathological liar"; "a pathological urge to succeed"

3. diseased, morbid, pathologic, pathologicaladjective

   caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology

   "diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic tissue"; "pathological bodily processes"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. pathologicaladjective

   Pertaining to pathology.

2. pathologicaladjective

   Relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder.

3. pathologicaladjective

   Having properties which are counterintuitive or difficult to handle.

4. pathologicaladjective

   Having properties that cause unusually bad behaviour, especially regarding correctness or performance.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pathologicaladjective

   Relating to the tokens or discoverable effects of a distemper.

   Etymology: pathologique, Fr. from pathology.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pathological

   Pathological refers to anything related to, involving, or caused by disease or illness. It can also mean compulsive or obsessive behavior that is deemed extreme, unhealthy or harmful. It is often used in medicine, psychology or sciences to describe conditions, behaviors or phenomenon that deviate from normal healthy state or functioning.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Pathologicaladjective

   of or pertaining to pathology

2. Etymology: [Gr. : cf. F. pathologique.]

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Pathological

   In mathematics, a pathological phenomenon is one whose properties are considered atypically bad or counterintuitive; the opposite is well-behaved. Often, when the usefulness of a theorem is challenged by counterexamples, defenders of the theorem argue that the exceptions are pathological. A famous case is the Alexander horned sphere, a counterexample showing that topologically embedding the sphere S² in R³ may fail to "separate the space cleanly", unless an extra condition of tameness is used to suppress possible wild behaviour. See Jordan-Schönflies theorem. One can therefore say that those searching for the "pathological" are like experimentalists, interested in knocking down potential theorems, in contrast to finding general statements widely applicable. Each activity has its role within mathematics.

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. pathological

   1. [scientific computation] Used of a data set that is grossly atypical of normal expected input, esp. one that exposes a weakness or bug in whatever algorithm one is using. An algorithm that can be broken by pathological inputs may still be useful if such inputs are very unlikely to occur in practice. 2. When used of test input, implies that it was purposefully engineered as a worst case. The implication in both senses is that the data is spectacularly ill-conditioned or that someone had to explicitly set out to break the algorithm in order to come up with such a crazy example. 3. Also said of an unlikely collection of circumstances. “If the network is down and comes up halfway through the execution of that command by root, the system may just crash.” “Yes, but that's a pathological case.” Often used to dismiss the case from discussion, with the implication that the consequences are acceptable, since they will happen so infrequently (if at all) that it doesn't seem worth going to the extra trouble to handle that case (see sense 1).

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   The numerical value of Pathological in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Pathological in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   You don't cure a child molester, there's no cure for it. Pathological, there's no cure for that.

2. Gordon Johnson:

   The idea that Tesla will guide you to anything close to reality is unlikely because Elon Musk has a pathological problem with telling the truth.

3. Donald Trump:

   When you suffer from a pathological disease, you're not really getting better unless you start taking pills or something, do you think that's the right temperament to be president? I don't think so.

4. Donald Trump:

   If you're pathological, there's no cure for that, if you're a child molester, there's no cure. They can't stop you.

5. Bernie Sanders:

   Here is the story. We live in an unprecedented moment in American history and by that I mean only that we have the most dangerous president in the history of this country somebody who is a pathological liar a racist a sexist, a homophone xenophobe and a religious bigot.....Wehave a corrupt political system in which billionaires are able to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to buy elections undermining the whole thrust of what American democracy is supposed to be about.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Pathological
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pathological
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Pathological
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pathological
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Pathological
7. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Pathological