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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.]
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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
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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.
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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.
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paranoia
A psychotic disorder marked by imaginary persecution.
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Noun 1. [画像:paranoia - a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur]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
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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
paranoia
forfølgelsesvanvidparanoia
paranoiavainoharhaisuus
üldözési mánia
ofsóknarkennd
paranoikasparanojaparanojiškas
paranoja
paranoja
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paranoia
n → Paranoia f; (inf) → Verfolgungswahn m; this paranoia which stops nations trusting each other → dieses krankhafte Misstrauen, das die Völker voneinander trennt
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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. paranoia بارانويا: جُنون الإضطِهاد أو العَظَمه параноя paranoia paranoia die Paranoia paranoia; forfølgelsesvanvid παράνοια paranoia paranoia پارانویا؛ بدگمانی vainoharhaisuus paranoïa פרנויה व्यामोह, संविभ्रम, संभ्रांति paranoja üldözési mánia paranoia ofsóknarkennd paranoia 偏執狂 과대망상증 paranoja paranoja paranoia paranoia paranoia paranoja شک paranóia paranoia паранойя paranoja preganjavica paranoja paranoia อาการทางจิตที่หวาดระแวง paranoya 偏執狂 параноя ايک قسم کي ذہني بيماري bệnh hoang tưởng 偏执狂
ˌparaˈnoiac (-ˈnoːik) , ˈparanoid (-noid) noun, adjective paranoïes مُصاب بجُنون الإضطِهاد أو العَظَمَه параноичен paranoico paranoik; paranoický paranoisch paranoid παρανοϊκός paranoico paranoik, paranoiline فرد دچار به پارانویا vainoharhainen paranoïaque פרנואידי व्यामोहाभ paranoik penderita paranoia maður haldinn ofsóknarkennd paranoico 偏執狂の 과대망상증의 paranoikas; paranojiðkas paranoiķis; paranoisks paranoia paranoïde paranoid paranoik, paranoiczny هغه څوك چې په پارانويك يا د ډاريدو په ناروغى اخته شوى وې 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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par·a·noi·a
n. paranoia, trastorno mental caracterizado por delirio de persecución o de grandeza.
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paranoia
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