par·a·noi·ac

(păr′ə-noi′ăk′, -noi′ĭk)

A paranoid.

adj.

Of, relating to, or resembling paranoia.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

paranoiac - a person afflicted with paranoia

paranoid

psycho, psychotic, psychotic person - a person afflicted with psychosis

Translations

مُصاب بجُنون الإضطِهاد أو العَظَمَه

paranoickýparanoik

paranoisch

paranoïaque

paranoiás

maîur haldinn ofsóknarkennd

paranoico

paranoid

paranoickýparanoik

evhamlıkuşkulu

偏执狂的偏执狂的人

paranoiac

[ˌpærəˈnɔɪɪk]

A. ADJ → paranoico

B. N → paranoico/a m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

paranoiac

n → Paranoiker(in) m(f)

adj → paranoisch

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

paranoiac

[ˌpærəˈnɔɪɪk] adj → paranoico/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

paranoia

(pӕrəˈnoiə) noun

a type of mental illness in which a person has fixed and unreasonable ideas that he is very important, or that other people are being unfair or unfreindly to him.

ˌparaˈnoiac (-ˈnoːik) , ˈparanoid (-noid) noun, adjective

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References in periodicals archive

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These noirish elements deepen the suspense with a foreboding moodiness that enhances the paranoiac tone.

The actress delivers yet another persuasive performance pulsating with paranoiac possibilities.

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While this is an all-season affair, the litany of complaints reaches paranoiac proportions as an election nears, as now.

Dawn critics

"The Syrian army will find itself under fire if it continues to cooperate and allow Iran to position itself on Syrian soil," Katz said, repeating a paranoiac Israeli mantra about Iranian activity in Syria.

Israel Deploys Anti-Missile System on Syria Border

I'll show you a full-blown narcissist or full-throttle paranoiac or some combination of both.

Donald Trump Could Really Use A Friend

Later outings such as Poison, Lost In America and the new Paranoiac Personality hold their own in such classy company, too.

SHOCK ROCKERS REUNITED

In a New Yorker article about the new communications director, Ryan Lizza quotes Scaramucci as describing his archenemy Reince Priebus, who was the White House Chief of Staff, as a 'f-ing paranoid schizophrenic, a paranoiac.'

Paranoiac dictators

"I should have been upset to hear I had a chronic illness, but instead I just felt relieved to find out what was wrong with me and that people would stop treating me like a whiny paranoiac," she said.

Diagnosis a breath of fresh air

Oelze's work in this vein parallels Surrealism's vaunted automatism and Salvador Dali's "paranoiac critical" method, notably the Spaniard's use of double imagery.

Richard Oelze: Michael Werner

Has anybody noticed paranoiac Putin who thinks that Nato is going to invade Russia and march through Red Square.

Scrapping Trident would be too risky