pathoformic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of pathoformic
Example Sentences
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The physician will explain the pathological and pathoformic, but there is a series of memory-forms which do not appear to be diseased, yet which are significantly rare and hence appear improbable.
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The thing by which they are to be distinguished from ordinary ``story-tellers,'' and which defines what is essentially pathoformic in them, is the fact that they lie without considering that the untrue is discovered immediately, or very soon.
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If their stories are objected to they have some extraordinarily unskilful explanation, which again indicates the pathoformic character of their minds.
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I once believed that the pathoformic lie was not of great importance in our work, because on the one hand, it is most complete and distinct when it deals with the person of the speaker, and on the other it is so characteristic that it must be recognized without fail by anybody who has had the slightest experience with it.
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But since, I have noticed that the pathoformic lie plays an enormous part in the work of the criminalist and deserves full consideration.
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