par·a·noi·a (p r  -noi )n. 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]
n
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: Grandeura mental disorder characterized by behavior that stems from an elaborately constructed system of delusions of persecution and grandeur. — paranoiac, n. — paranoid, adj.
See also: Insanity
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  paranoia - a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeurpsychosis - 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
n → Paranoia f; (inf) → Verfolgungswahn m; this paranoia which stops nations trusting each other → dieses krankhafte Misstrauen, das die Völker voneinander trennt
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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