paranoiac

comparative more paranoiac · superlative most paranoiac · alternative obsolete rare paranœac · alternative paranoic

1. Pertaining to, or exhibiting, paranoia.

   Calm yourselves. The hysteria and opulent paranoiac fantasies that have spread over GCN’s pages in the wake of the general election constitute a reaction both shortsighted and silly.

   1980 December 13, Ray Olson, “Shorct Sighted And Silly”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 21, page 4

plural paranoiacs · alternative obsolete rare paranœac · alternative paranoic

1. Somebody who has paranoia, a paranoid person.

   "Prove to me that I'm wrong when I say you are all just like person X from your group!" This is the cry of the bigot, the paranoiac, the pigeonholer, the witchhunter. Why need we prove what is self-evident?

   1999 February 1, Shedona Chevalier, “Personal Power”, in Agapé, volume 2, number 1, page 2

   Synonyms: paranœic