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Pathological

Postby William Hupy » Thu Dec 14, 2017 5:00 pm

This is so commonly associated with liar, as in he is such a pathological liar. The root is disease, so that a pathologist is NOT a medical doctor who lies, but one who studies disease. Someone who lies frequently it appears does so as if diseased.
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Re: Pathological

Postby Slava » Fri Aug 18, 2023 6:58 am

Somewhat touched upon in the discussion of sociopath. I guess what we can do is connect the dots of sociopath :arrow: sociology :arrow: psychopath :arrow: psychology and pathology. Not entirely satisfactory, but perhaps of use to someone out there.
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