paranoid personality disorder

noun

A mental disorder characterized by paranoia and a pervasive, long-standing suspiciousness and generalized mistrust of others.

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PPD
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Meanings

nounparanoid personality disorder (usually uncountable, plural paranoid personality disorders)

plural paranoid personality disorders · alternative paranoid-personality disorder

  1. uncountableusuallyhuman sciencesA mental disorder characterized by paranoia and a pervasive, long-standing suspiciousness and generalized mistrust of others.

    Synonyms: PPD

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA mental disorder characterized by paranoia and a pervasive, long-standing suspiciousness and generalized mistrust of others.

Similar
PPD

Translations

Catalan trastorn paranoide de la personalitat
  • trastorn paranoide de la personalitatpersonality disorder
Chinese Mandarin 偏執型人格障礙 /偏执型人格障碍
  • 偏執型人格障礙 /偏执型人格障碍 (piānzhíxíng réngé zhàng'ài)personality disorder
Danish paranoid personlighedsforstyrrelse, paranoid personlighedsstruktur
  • paranoid personlighedsforstyrrelsepersonality disorder
  • paranoid personlighedsstrukturpersonality disorder
Dutch paranoïde persoonlijkheidsstoornis
  • paranoïde persoonlijkheidsstoornispersonality disorder
Finnish epäluuloinen persoonallisuus
  • epäluuloinen persoonallisuuspersonality disorder
French trouble de la personnalité paranoïaque
  • trouble de la personnalité paranoïaquepersonality disorder
German paranoide Persönlichkeitsstörung
  • paranoide Persönlichkeitsstörungpersonality disorder
Indonesian gangguan kepribadian paranoid
  • gangguan kepribadian paranoidpersonality disorder
Italian disturbo paranoide di personalità
  • disturbo paranoide di personalitàpersonality disorder
Japanese 妄想性パーソナリティ障害
  • 妄想性パーソナリティ障害 (mōsōsei pāsonariti shōgai)personality disorder
Korean 편집성 성격 장애
  • 편집성 성격 장애 (pyeonjipseong seonggyeok jang'ae)personality disorder
Polish osobowość paranoiczna
  • osobowość paranoicznapersonality disorder
Portuguese transtorno de personalidade paranóica
  • transtorno de personalidade paranóicapersonality disorder
Russian параноидальное расстройство личности
  • параноидальное расстройство личности (paranoidalʹnoje rasstrojstvo ličnosti)personality disorder
Spanish trastorno paranoide de la personalidad
  • trastorno paranoide de la personalidadpersonality disorder
Turkish paranoyak kişilik bozukluğu
  • paranoyak kişilik bozukluğupersonality disorder
Ukrainian параноїдний розлад особистості
  • параноїдний розлад особистості (paranojidnyj rozlad osobystosti)personality disorder
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APA

paranoid personality disorder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paranoid%20personality%20disorder

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“paranoid personality disorder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paranoid%20personality%20disorder. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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