What does pathological mean?
Definitions for pathological
ˌpæθ əˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəlpatho·log·i·cal
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Princeton's WordNet
pathological, pathologicadjective
of or relating to the practice of pathology
"pathological laboratory"
pathologicaladjective
caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition
"a pathological liar"; "a pathological urge to succeed"
diseased, morbid, pathologic, pathologicaladjective
caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology
"diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic tissue"; "pathological bodily processes"
Wiktionary
pathologicaladjective
Pertaining to pathology.
pathologicaladjective
Relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder.
pathologicaladjective
Having properties which are counterintuitive or difficult to handle.
pathologicaladjective
Having properties that cause unusually bad behaviour, especially regarding correctness or performance.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Pathologicaladjective
Relating to the tokens or discoverable effects of a distemper.
Etymology: pathologique, Fr. from pathology.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Pathologicaladjective
of or pertaining to pathology
Etymology: [Gr. : cf. F. pathologique.]
Wikidata
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 Dictionary
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).
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pathological in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pathological in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of pathological in a Sentence
Technological progress is like an ax in the hands of a pathological criminal.
This vote shows that despite the Senate letter, the United Nations continues with its pathological anti-Israel bias.
Khadr’s transformation from a racist, sexist, Jew-hating terrorist, into a celebrity and folk hero is the result of nearly 10 years of combined propaganda by leftist journalists and lawyers – with Khadr as the willing participant, they have managed to transform a pathological murderer into a ‘ victim, ’ providing Al Qaeda with a great PR victory.
You don't cure a child molester, there's no cure for it. Pathological, there's no cure for that.
It is true that people can get depressed after loss, but there are very significant differences in the behaviors that we're talking about when someone's depressed after loss than what is seen in prolonged grief, one aspect of depression is withdrawing from attachment figures, whereas someone with pathological grief can ruminate and seeks more proximity with those that have died.
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- patològicCatalan, Valencian
- patologickýCzech
- patologiskDanish
- pathologisch, krankhaftGerman
- παθολογικόςGreek
- patologiaEsperanto
- patológicoSpanish
- patologinenFinnish
- pathologiqueFrench
- paiteolaíochIrish
- patolóxicoGalician
- ախտաբանականArmenian
- patologiIndonesian
- patologicoItalian
- 病理学的Japanese
- 병리학Korean
- pathologi- cum st ^Latin
- pathologischDutch
- patologicznyPolish
- patológicoPortuguese
- patologicRomanian
- патологи́ческийRussian
- patologiskSwedish
- రోగలక్షణTelugu
- bệnh lýVietnamese
- 病态的Chinese
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