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Word | Paranoia |
a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur / Mental derangement / psychosis marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution / a mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution, unwarranted jealousy, or exaggerated self-importance, typically elaborated into an organized system. It may be an aspect of chronic personality disorder, of drug abuse, or of a serious condition such as schizophrenia in which the person loses touch with reality. / medical : a serious mental illness that causes you to falsely believe that other people are trying to harm you / an unreasonable feeling that people are trying to harm you, do not like you, etc., | |
Usage | ⇒ He has symptoms of paranoia ⇒ Suffering from paranoia, he claimed everyone was out to get him; ironically, his claim was accurate; even paranoids have enemies. ⇒ She was diagnosed with delusional paranoia. ⇒ He spent some time in America and there he began to show signs of paranoia and other aspects of mental disturbance. |
Synonyms | insanity, mania, dementia, derangement, fear, suspicion, apprehension, delusion, anxiety, mental illness, obsession, schizophrenia, uneasiness, aberration, crack up, delirium, frenzy, lunacy, madness, mistrust, |
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