paranoiacally

par·a·noi·a (p

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1. A psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution with or without grandeur, often strenuously defended with apparent logic and reason.

2. Extreme, irrational distrust of others.

[Greek, madness, from paranoos, demented : para-, beyond; see para-¹ + nous, noos, mind.]

paranoia [ˌpærəˈnɔɪə]

1. (Psychiatry) a form of schizophrenia characterized by a slowly progressive deterioration of the personality, involving delusions and often hallucinations

2. (Psychiatry) a mental disorder characterized by any of several types of delusions, in which the personality otherwise remains relatively intact

3. (Psychology) Informal intense fear or suspicion, esp when unfounded

[via New Latin from Greek: frenzy, from paranoos distraught, from para-¹ + noos mind]

paranoiac [ˌpærəˈnɔɪɪk], paranoic [ˌpærəˈnəʊɪk] adj & n

paranoia

Psychiatry. a slowly progressive personality disorder marked by delusions, especially of persecution and grandeur. — paranoid, paranoiac, adj.

See also: Insanity

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Noun

paranoia - a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur

psychosis - any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted

paranoia

noun obsession, suspicion, delusion, persecution complex The mood is one of paranoia and expectation of war.

Translations

paranoia [ˌpærəˈnɔɪə] N → paranoia f

paranoia [ˌpærəˈnɔɪə] n → paranoïa f

paranoia

n → Paranoia f; (inf) → Verfolgungswahn m; this paranoia which stops nations trusting each other → dieses krankhafte Misstrauen, das die Völker voneinander trennt

paranoia [ˌpærəˈnɔɪə] n → paranoia

paranoia

n paranoia [pӕrəˈnoiə]

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. paranoia بارانويا: جُنون الإضطِهاد أو العَظَمه параноя paranoia paranoia; forfølgelsesvanvid die Paranoia παράνοια paranoia paranoia پارانویا؛ بدگمانی vainoharhaisuus paranoïa פָּרָנוֹיָה व्यामोह, संविभ्रम, संभ्रांति paranoja üldözési mánia paranoia ofsóknarkennd paranoia 偏執狂 과대망상증 paranoja paranoja paranoia paranoia paranoia paranoja paranóia paranoia паранойя paranoja preganjavica paranoja paranoia อาการทางจิตที่หวาดระแวง paranoya 偏執狂 параноя ايک قسم کي ذہني بيماري bệnh hoang tưởng 偏执狂

n / adj paraˈnoiac [-ˈnoːik]

paranoïes مُصاب بجُنون الإضطِهاد أو العَظَمَه параноичен paranoik; paranoický paranoid paranoisch παρανοϊκός paranoico paranoik, paranoiline فرد دچار به پارانویا vainoharhainen paranoïaque פָּרָנוֹאִידִי व्यामोहाभ paranoik penderita paranoia maður haldinn ofsóknarkennd paranoico 偏執狂の 편집병 환자; 편집병의 paranoikas; paranojiðkas paranoiķis; paranoisks paranoia parano{#225}{#139}{#225}de paranoid paranoik, paranoiczny paranóico paranoic параноик; параноидный paranoický paranoik paranoičan parano-iker; paranoid ซึ่งเป็นโรคหวาดระแวง evhamlı, kuşkulu 偏執狂的人 параноїдний ذہني بيماري سے متعلق người mắc bệnh hoang tưởng 偏执狂的人

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According to press reports, gun owners - undoubtedly driven by the National Rifle Association's fear messaging that keeps those membership fees rolling in - are paranoiacally storming firearms shops to buy themselves more guns before the new president has a chance to personally close all those stores and then travel to their homes to take away their stash of guns and ammo and their first-born male child.

LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

11) Durgnat ("Dearden and Relph" 32) even regrets "that the colours aren't reversed, into a story about a white man who gets paranoiacally jealous of all those sexy black bucks," an idea that plays up to (and perhaps into the hands of) another set of racial stereotypes altogether.

All Night Long: jazzing around with Othello by Skrebels, Paul / Literature-Film Quarterly

Lee misrecognizes Selby as an ego ideal, the imaginary key to her own salvation from prostitution and unhappiness; Selby misrecognizes Lee paranoiacally, as recklessly exploiting her own need for care and support.

Lesbian violence as fascist crusade in monster by Ginsberg, Terri / Genders

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