paranoia
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8.2
- noun
- /ˌpɛrəˈnɔɪə/
- Specialized
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paranoia
- And I've just always thought this paranoia about the media was... unreasonable.
- fear and paranoia
- paranoia and anxiety
- driven by paranoia
Their victimhood and their paranoia and their persecutory beliefs.
- Their victimhood and their paranoia and their persecutory beliefs.
- They are both malignantly narcissistic sociopaths with delusions of paranoia and grandeur.
- Today's theme it's cheating or insecurity or paranoia of being cheated on.
- And I mean the paranoia, the not going to bed.
- There's a lot of mentions of the paranoia of the Lords.
- I mean, I was, you know, the paranoia started a little bit around this time.
- She can also accentuate, even exacerbate, his hubris, his paranoia, his vaulting ambition.
- I've spent it laying in bed sweating with fucking paranoia and fucking anxiety, you know?
- But he's also, you know, he holds on to power through paranoia and domination.
- You know, it heightens paranoia, suspicion.
- Now, this is the level of North Korea's present paranoia.
Examples
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Hers is a true case of paranoia, of believing the world is after her.
Fiction book (1990) -
We must throw paranoia out the window and start trusting each other, god dammit.
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"A certain degree of paranoia is part of life in our times," I said.
Fiction book (1994) -
In fact, paranoia in general is a good thing, because it keeps the government on its toes.
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Oxford study finds that virtual reality can help treat severe paranoia, which is sweet.
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It was just classic paranoia.
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Possibly this reflected a mild paranoia; he gave that impression in person.
Academic text (1997) -
End Quote Munch spent much of his life battling anxiety, paranoia and panic attacks.
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His paranoia led him to believe that everyone was out to get him.
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She visited a therapist to help her cope with her paranoia about being followed.
Synonyms
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9.1
A false belief that other people want to harm or plot against you
How Paranoid
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word paranoia comes from Greek parts para- meaning 'beside' or 'beyond', as in parallel, and noia meaning 'mind'. So paranoia is like a mind that goes 'beyond' normal thinking and starts to see danger or plots everywhere, which is why it means a strong, often false, feeling that people are against you.