paranoid schizophrenia
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- noun
- /ˌpɛrəˈnɔɪd ˌskɪtsəˈfrɛnɪə/
- Specialized
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esquizofrenia paranoide
- The doctor explained that paranoid schizophrenia often leads to feelings of persecution and mistrust.
- other symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia
Well, my son-in-law Jesse, who I love smother, has paranoid schizophrenia.
- Well, my son-in-law Jesse, who I love smother, has paranoid schizophrenia.
Examples
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It was the judgment of the psychologists associated with the implant team that the patient's diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia, in and of itself, ought not disqualify him from receiving a cochlear implant.
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He had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia approximately 14 years earlier:
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I would say, without a doubt, that they suffer from paranoid schizophrenia.
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He was 25 when we met and had paranoid schizophrenia.
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The mayor has called an emergency meeting... of law enforcement and medical agencies... to discuss an apparent epidemic of paranoid schizophrenia.
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One patient had earlier experienced a severe traumatic brain injury, and the other had paranoid schizophrenia that was relatively well controlled by medication.
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Now you said here that your mother was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in her 30s.
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But paranoid schizophrenia is a genetic predisposition sometimes triggered by an emotional crisis.
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It says your mother was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in her early 30s.
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At any rate, my company is currently working with a man named Charles Steinbach, who was born with chronic paranoid schizophrenia and began seeing things at the age of eight.
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Synonyms
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A serious mental illness that makes people lose touch with reality, for example hearing things that are not real
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A severe mental illness in which a person loses touch with reality and may have false beliefs
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A serious mental illness that makes people lose contact with reality and withdraw from others
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A serious mental illness where a person loses touch with reality and talks or thinks in a confused way
A type of schizophrenia where people wrongly believe others will harm them or a partner is cheating while appearing normal
How Immobile
- Archaic
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- Archaic
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is compositionally built: 'paranoid' (experiencing irrational fear or distrust) modifies 'schizophrenia' (a mental disorder), so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes the subtype of schizophrenia characterized by prominent paranoia. This adjectival modifier pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, making the overall meaning directly derivable from its constituents.
Etymology
Paranoid schizophrenia joins paranoid (meaning 'feeling that others want to harm you or are watching you') and schizophrenia (a medical word from Greek meaning 'split mind'). So the name points to the kind of schizophrenia where the main problems are 'strong suspicion' and 'false beliefs'.