paranoia
English
Alternative forms
- paranœa (obsolete, rare)
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”), from παράνοος (paránoos, “demented”), from παρά (pará, “beyond, beside”) + νόος (nóos, “mind, spirit”).
Surface analysis is para- (“abnormal, beyond”) + nous (“mind”) + -ia (“(medical) condition”).
Pronunciation
Noun
paranoia (countable and uncountable, plural paranoias)
- A psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution, conspiracy and perceived threat against the person, often associated with false accusations and general mistrust of others
- Antonym: pronoia
- Extreme, irrational distrust of others.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Related terms
- See: nous#Related terms
- See: para-#Derived terms
Translations
A psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
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Extreme, irrational distrust of others
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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]
Catalan
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).
Noun
paranoia f (plural paranoies)
Related terms
Further reading
- “paranoia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).
Noun
paranoia f
Synonyms
Related terms
Further reading
Danish
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).
Noun
paranoia
Declension
Declension of paranoia
| common gender |
Singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | paranoia | paranoiaen |
| genitive | paranoias | paranoiaens |
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).
Pronunciation
Noun
paranoia f (uncountable)
Related terms
Adjective
paranoia (not comparable)
- Synonym: paranoïde
Hungarian
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
paranoia
- (psychology) paranoia (a psychotic disorder)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | paranoia | paranoiák |
| accusative | paranoiát | paranoiákat |
| dative | paranoiának | paranoiáknak |
| instrumental | paranoiával | paranoiákkal |
| causal-final | paranoiáért | paranoiákért |
| translative | paranoiává | paranoiákká |
| terminative | paranoiáig | paranoiákig |
| essive-formal | paranoiaként | paranoiákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | paranoiában | paranoiákban |
| superessive | paranoián | paranoiákon |
| adessive | paranoiánál | paranoiáknál |
| illative | paranoiába | paranoiákba |
| sublative | paranoiára | paranoiákra |
| allative | paranoiához | paranoiákhoz |
| elative | paranoiából | paranoiákból |
| delative | paranoiáról | paranoiákról |
| ablative | paranoiától | paranoiáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
paranoiáé | paranoiáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
paranoiáéi | paranoiákéi |
| Possessive forms of paranoia | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | paranoiám | paranoiáim |
| 2nd person sing. | paranoiád | paranoiáid |
| 3rd person sing. | paranoiája | paranoiái |
| 1st person plural | paranoiánk | paranoiáink |
| 2nd person plural | paranoiátok | paranoiáitok |
| 3rd person plural | paranoiájuk | paranoiáik |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Italian
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).
Noun
paranoia f (plural paranoie)
Related terms
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- paranóia (obsolete form)
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).
Noun
paranoia f (plural paranoias)
- paranoia (a psychotic disorder characterised by delusions of persecution)
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”). More at paranoia.
Pronunciation
Noun
paranoia f (plural paranoias)
Derived terms
Further reading
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