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nounparanoia (countable and uncountable, plural paranoias or (archaic) paranoiæ)
plural paranoias · archaic plural paranoiæ · alternative dated paranœa · alternative dated paranoea · alternative hypercorrect paranoïa
- countableobsoleteuncountableA psychotic disorder, now called delusional disorder, often (in one of six subtypes) characterized by delusions of persecution and a perceived threat against the individual affected with the disorder, and often associated with false accusations and a general mistrust of others.
Synonyms: paranoidism · Antonyms: pronoia
- countableuncountableExtreme, irrational distrust of others.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA psychotic disorder, now called delusional disorder, often (in one of six subtypes) characterized by delusions of persecution and a perceived threat against the individual affected with the disorder, and often associated with false accusations and a general mistrust of others.
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- Ancient Greekπαράνοια“madness”
- Englishparanoia
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”), from παράνοος (paránoos, “demented”), from παρά (pará, “beyond, beside”) + νόος (nóos, “mind, spirit”). By surface analysis, para- (“abnormal, beyond”) + nous (“mind”) + -ia (“(medical) condition”).
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Arabic بَارَانُويَا, جُنُون اِضْطِهَاد
- بَارَانُويَا (baranūyā)a psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- جُنُون اِضْطِهَاد (junūn iḍṭihād)a psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
Bulgarian парано́я
- парано́я (paranója)a psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
Catalan paranoia
- paranoiaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
Chinese Mandarin 偏執狂 /偏执狂, 妄想狂
- 偏執狂 /偏执狂 (piānzhíkuáng)a psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- 妄想狂 (wàngxiǎngkuáng)a psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- 妄想症 (wàngxiǎngzhèng)a psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- 偏執症 /偏执症 (piānzhízhèng)extreme, irrational distrust of others
- 多疑症extreme, irrational distrust of others
Czech paranoia
- paranoiaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
Danish paranoia
- paranoiaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
Dutch paranoia
- paranoiaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
Esperanto paranojo, paranojo
- paranojoa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- paranojoextreme, irrational distrust of others
Estonian paranoia
- paranoiaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
Finnish paranoia, vainoharhaisuus
- paranoiaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- vainoharhaisuusa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- vainoharhaisuusextreme, irrational distrust of others
French paranoïa, paranoïa
- paranoïaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- paranoïaextreme, irrational distrust of others
German Paranoia, Verfolgungswahn
- Paranoiaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- Verfolgungswahna psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- Paranoiaextreme, irrational distrust of others
Greek παράνοια, παράνοια
- παράνοια (paránoia)a psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- παράνοια (paránoia)extreme, irrational distrust of others
- καχυποψία (kachypopsía)extreme, irrational distrust of others
Hebrew פָּרָנוֹיָה, פרנויה
- פָּרָנוֹיָה (paranóya)a psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- פרנויה (paranóya)extreme, irrational distrust of others
Hindi संविभ्रम
- संविभ्रम (samvibhram)a psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
Hungarian paranoia, paranoia
- paranoiaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- paranoiaextreme, irrational distrust of others
- üldözési mániaextreme, irrational distrust of others
Icelandic vænisýki
- vænisýkia psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
Indonesian paranoia
- paranoiaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
Irish paranóia, paranóia
- paranóiaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- paranóiaextreme, irrational distrust of others
Italian paranoia, paranoia
- paranoiaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- paranoiaextreme, irrational distrust of others
Japanese パラノイア, 偏執病
- パラノイア (paranoia)a psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- 偏執病 (henshūbyō)a psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
Korean 편집병, 편집증
- 편집병 (pyeonjipbyeong)a psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- 편집증 (pyeonjipjeung)a psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- 파라노이아 (paranoia)a psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
Latin paranoea
- paranoeaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
Latvian paranoja
- paranojaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
Lithuanian paranoja
- paranojaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
Norwegian Bokmål paranoia
- paranoiaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
Persian پارانویا
- پارانویا (pârânoyâ)a psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
Polish paranoja, paranoja
- paranojaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- paranojaextreme, irrational distrust of others
Portuguese paranoia, paranoia
- paranoiaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- paranoiaextreme, irrational distrust of others
Romanian paranoia, paranoia
- paranoiaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- paranoiaextreme, irrational distrust of others
Russian парано́йя, парано́йя
- парано́йя (paranójja)a psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- парано́йя (paranójja)extreme, irrational distrust of others
Slovak paranoja
- paranojaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
Spanish paranoia, paranoya
- paranoiaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- paranoyaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- noicaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- paranoiaextreme, irrational distrust of others
- paranoyaextreme, irrational distrust of others
- noicaextreme, irrational distrust of others
Swedish paranoia, paranoia
- paranoiaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- paranoiaextreme, irrational distrust of others
- skuggrädslaextreme, irrational distrust of others
Thai โรคจิตหวาดระแวง
- โรคจิตหวาดระแวง (rôok-jìt-wàat-rá-wɛɛng)a psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
Turkish paranoya, yansıtımca
- paranoyaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- yansıtımcaa psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- paranoyaextreme, irrational distrust of others
Ukrainian парано́я
- парано́я (paranója)a psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
Vietnamese hoang tưởng ảo giác
- hoang tưởng ảo giáca psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
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