paranoia

See also paranoïa, and Paranoia

English

Alternative forms

• paranœa (obsolete, rare)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌpæ.rəˈnɔɪ.ə/

Etymology

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

Surface analysis is para- (“abnormal, beyond”) + nous (“mind”) + -ia (“(medical) condition”).

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

Related terms

• See: nous#Related terms
• See: para-#Derived terms

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 (cmn), 偏执狂 (cmn) (piānzhíkuáng), 妄想狂 (cmn) (wàngxiǎngkuáng)

• Czech: paranoia (cs) f
• Danish: paranoia (da)
• Finnish: paranoia (fi)
• French: paranoïa (fr) f
• German: Paranoia (de) f
• Greek: παράνοια (el) (paránia) f
• Hindi: संविभ्रम (hi) (sãmvibhram)
• Irish: paranóia (ga) f

• 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)
• Polish: paranoja (pl) f
• Portuguese: paranoia (pt)
• Russian: паранойя (ru) (paranójja) f
• Serbo-Croatian: paranoja (sh) f, manija proganjanja (sh) f
• Slovene: paranója (sl) f
• Spanish: paranoia (es) f
• Swedish: paranoia (sv) c
• Turkish: paranoya (tr), yansıtımca (tr)

Extreme, irrational distrust of others

• Finnish: vainoharhaisuus (fi)
• French: paranoïa (fr) f
• German: Paranoia (de) f
• Greek: παράνοια (el) (paránia) f, καχυποψία (el) (kakhipopsía) f
• Irish: paranóia (ga) f

• Italian: paranoia (it) f
• Polish: paranoja (pl) f
• Russian: паранойя (ru) (paranójja) f
• Serbo-Croatian: paranoja (sh) f
• Spanish: paranoia (es) f

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Translations to be checked

• French: paranoïa (fr) f

• Romanian: paranoia (ro) 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

Wikipedia ^nl

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