paranoia

See also paranoïa, and Paranoia

English

Alternative forms

• paranœa (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

Ancient Greek παράνοια (paranoia, “madness”), from παράνοος (paranoos, “demented”), from παρά (para, “beyond, beside”) + νόος (noos, “mind, spirit”).

Noun

Wikipedia paranoia (plural paranoias)

1. A psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution.
2. Extreme, irrational distrust of others.

Derived terms

• paranoiac
• paranoic
• paranoically
• paranoid
• paranoid schizophrenia

Translations

A psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution

Arabic: بارانويا (ar) (baranuuya) f., جنون الاضطهاد (ar) (junuun al-iDTihaad) pl. Bulgarian: параноя (bg) (paranoja) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 偏執狂 (zh), 偏执狂 (zh) (piānzhíkuáng), 妄想狂 (zh) (wàngxiǎngkuáng) Croatian: paranoja f.; manija proganjanja f. Danish: paranoia (da) Finnish: paranoia (fi) French: paranoïa (fr) f. German: Paranoia (de) f. Greek: παράνοια (el) (paránia) f. Hindi: संविभ्रम (hi) (sãmvibhram)

Italian: paranoia (it) f. Japanese: パラノイア (ja) (paranoia), 偏執病 (ja) (へんしゅうびょう, henshūbyō) Korean: 편집병 (ko) (pyeonjipbyeong) (偏執症 (ko)), 패러노이아 (ko) (paereonoia) Norwegian: paranoia (no) Portuguese: paranoia (pt) Russian: паранойя (ru) (paranójja) f. Slovene: paranója (sl) f. Spanish: paranoia (es) f. Swedish: paranoia (sv) c. Turkish: paranoya (tr)

Extreme, irrational distrust of others

Croatian: paranoja (hr) f. Finnish: vainoharhaisuus (fi) French: paranoïa (fr) f. German: Paranoia (de) f.

Greek: παράνοια (el) (paránia) f., καχυποψία (el) (kakhipopsía) f. Italian: paranoia (it) f. Russian: паранойя (ru) (paranójja) f. Spanish: paranoia (es) f.

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French: paranoïa f.

Romanian: paranoia f.

References

• “‖Paranoia, paranœa” listed on page 460 of volume VII (O, P) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1ˢᵗ ed., 1909]
    ‖Paranoia (pærănoi·ă), paranœa (-nī·ă). Path. [mod.L. a. Gr. παράνοια, f. παράνο-ος distracted, f. παρα- beside + νό-ος, νοῦς mind.] Mental derangement; spec. chronic mental unsoundness characterized by delusions or hallucinations, esp. of grandeur, persecution, etc. [¶; 4 quots.: 1857, 1891, 1892, 1899; ¶] Hence Paranoi·ac, -œ·ac, a. adj. afflicted with paranoia; b. sb.; also Parano·ic, -nœ·ic a. [¶; 3 quots.: 1857, 1892, 1899]

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Czech

Noun

paranoia f.

1. paranoia

Related terms

• paranoidní
• paranoik

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Noun

paranoia f. (uncountable)

1. (psychology) paranoia

See also

• paranoïde

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Noun

paranoia f. (plural paranoie)

1. (psychology, figuratively) paranoia

Related terms

• paranoico
• paranoide

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παράνοια (paranoia, “madness”). More at paranoia.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /paɾaˈno̞ja/

Noun

paranoia f. (plural paranoias)

1. paranoia

Derived terms

• paranoico