noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ rampant
▪ extreme , severe
▪
The regime is in the grip of severe ~.
▪ mild , slight
▪
I was guilty perhaps of mild ~.
▪ increasing
▪ irrational
▪ anti-communist
▪
the anti-communist ~ of the 1950s
VERB + PARANOIA
▪ suffer from
▪ border on , verge on
▪
Her passion for cleanliness borders on ~.
▪ induce
▪
The drugs can induce ~.
▪ fuel
▪
External threats will just fuel ~ among those in power.
PARANOIA + VERB
▪ kick in , set in
▪
The ~ is setting in.
▪ grip sb
▪
He was gripped by ~.