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Definitions for Paranoia
[1] Psychiatry . a mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions and the projection of personal conflicts, which are ascribed to the supposed hostility of others, sometimes progressing to disturbances of consciousness and aggressive acts believed to be performed in self-defense or as a mission.
[2] baseless or excessive suspicion of the motives of others.
[3] a form of schizophrenia characterized by a slowly progressive deterioration of the personality, involving delusions and often hallucinations
[4] a mental disorder characterized by any of several types of delusions, in which the personality otherwise remains relatively intact
[5] informal intense fear or suspicion, esp when unfounded
Words related to Paranoia
insanity, schizophrenia, depression, derangement, lunacy, madness, mania, neurosis, phobia, craziness, psychopathy, maladjustment, psychosis
Words nearby Paranoia
paranaíba, paraneoplasia, paraneoplastic syndrome, paranephros, parang, paranoia, paranoiac, paranoid, paranoid personality, paranoid schizophrenia, paranomia
Origin of Paranoia
1805–15; < New Latin < Greek paránoia madness. See para-1, nous, -ia
Word origin for Paranoia
C19: via New Latin from Greek: frenzy, from paranoos distraught, from para- 1 + noos mind
Synonyms for Paranoia
insanity, mental disorder, personality disorder, schizophrenia, craziness, delusions, depression, derangement, disturbed mind, emotional disorder, emotional instability, loss of mind, lunacy, madness, maladjustment, mania, mental disease, mental sickness, nervous breakdown, nervous disorder, neurosis, neurotic disorder, phobia, psychopathy, psychosis, sick mind, troubled mind, unbalanced mind, unsoundness of mind