paranoia
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par·a·noi·a
(păr′ə-noi′ə)n.
1. Irrational distrust or suspicion of others, especially as occurring in people with psychiatric disorders such as paranoid personality disorder and schizophrenia: paranoia about neighbors stealing from his vegetable garden.
2. Intense anxiety or worry: paranoia about losing her job.
[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
[C19: via New Latin from Greek: frenzy, from paranoos distraught, from para-1 + noos mind]
paranoiac, paranoic adj, n
par•a•noi•a
(ˌpær əˈnɔɪ ə)n.
1. a mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions ascribing hostile intentions to others, often linked with a sense of mission.
2. baseless or excessive distrust of others.
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: Insanityparanoia
A psychotic disorder marked by imaginary persecution.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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.
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بارانويا: جُنون الإضطِهاد أو العَظَمه
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n → Paranoia f; (inf) → Verfolgungswahn m; this paranoia which stops nations trusting each other → dieses krankhafte Misstrauen, das die Völker voneinander trennt
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, adjectivepar·a·noi·a
n. paranoia, trastorno mental caracterizado por delirio de persecución o de grandeza.