PARANOIA


Meaning of PARANOIA in English

noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, madness, from paranous demented, from para- + nous mind Date: circa 1811 a psychosis characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations, a tendency on the part of an individual or group toward excessive or irrational suspiciousness and distrustfulness of others, ~c also paranoic adjective or noun paranoically adverb

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