Antonyms for pathological

Grammar : Adj

Spell : path-uh-loj-i-kuh l or path-uh-loj-ik

Phonetic Transcription : ˌpæθ əˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl or ˌpæθ əˈlɒdʒ ɪk

Definition of pathological

Origin : 1680s, "pertaining to disease," formed in English from pathologic + -al (1). Sense of "worthy to be a subject of pathology, morbid, excessive" (e.g. pathological liar) is attested from 1845. Related: Pathologically.

As in medical : adj healing
As in unwholesome : adj unhealthy

Example sentences :

Accentuated forms of pathological masochism are, however, rare in women.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

It can hardly be assumed that all these women have a pathological heredity.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

There is a small group of pathological conditions, however, in which this is not the case.
Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various

Other methods, however, may supplement the pathological one.
Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg

He liked and admired Sumner, but thought his mind a pathological study.
Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams

Does your hero's achievement go in the pathological or the moral direction?
Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I » by John Morley

This man presents rather a pathological than a historical problem.
Extract from : « A History of the United States » by Cecil Chesterton

Clinical and Pathological Observations in India, pp. 44, 325.
Extract from : « A Manual of the Operations of Surgery » by Joseph Bell

In this way they have provided the pathological theory with most of its facts.
Extract from : « Essay on the Creative Imagination » by Th. Ribot

Being in love is, as just indicated, a pathological, morbid phenomenon.
Extract from : « Woman » by William J. Robinson

Synonyms for pathological

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019