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paranoia
(redirected from paranoically)

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par·a·noi·a  (pr-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
Noun
1. a mental disorder which causes delusions of grandeur or of persecution
2. Informal intense fear or suspicion, usually unfounded [Greek para- beyond + noos mind]
paranoid
paranoiac adjn

paranoia
Psychiatry. a slowly progressive personality disorder marked by delusions, especially of persecution and grandeur. — paranoid, paranoiac, adj.
See also: Grandeur
a 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
Noun1.paranoiaparanoia - 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
Translations

paranoia [pærəˈnɔɪə] nparanoia
paranoia [pærəˈnɔɪə] nparanoïa f
paranoia [pærəˈnɔɪə] nParanoia f
paranoia [pærəˈnɔɪə] nparanoia

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. paranoiaبارانويا: جُنون الإضطِهاد أو العَظَمهпаранояparanoiaparanoia; forfølgelsesvanviddie Paranoiaπαράνοιαparanoiaparanoiaپارانویا؛ بدگمانیvainoharhaisuusparanoïaפָּרָנוֹיָהव्यामोह, संविभ्रम, संभ्रांतिparanojaüldözési mániaparanoiaofsóknarkenndparanoia偏執狂?정신병? 편집병(偏執病)paranojaparanojaparanoiaparanoiaparanoiaparanojaparanóiaparanoiaпаранойяparanojapreganjavicaparanojaparanoiaอาการทางจิตที่หวาดระแวงparanoya偏執狂паранояايک قسم کي ذہني بيماريbệnh hoang tưởng
n / adj ˌparaˈnoiac [-ˈnoːik]
paranoïesمُصاب بجُنون الإضطِهاد أو العَظَمَهпараноиченparanoik; paranoickýparanoidparanoischπαρανοϊκόςparanoicoparanoik, paranoilineفرد دچار به پارانویاvainoharhainenparanoïaqueפָּרָנוֹאִידִיव्यामोहाभparanoikpenderita paranoiamaður haldinn ofsóknarkenndparanoico偏執狂の편집병 환자; 편집병의paranoikas; paranojiðkasparanoiķis; paranoisksparanoiaparano{#225}{#139}{#225}deparanoidparanoik, paranoicznyparanóicoparanoicпараноик; параноидныйparanoickýparanoikparanoičanparano-iker; paranoidซึ่งเป็นโรคหวาดระแวงevhamlı, kuşkulu偏執狂的人параноїднийذہني بيماري سے متعلقngười mắc bệnh hoang tưởng

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