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PARANOIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paranoia mean? 

PARANOIA (noun)
  The noun PARANOIA has 1 sense:

1. a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeurplay

  Familiarity information: PARANOIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PARANOIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("paranoia" is a kind of...):

psychosis (any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted)


 Context examples 


Psychotic behavior accompanied simultaneously by persecutory or grandiose delusions (paranoia) and hallucinations (schizophrenia); delusional jealousy may be present.

(Paranoid Type Schizophrenia, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)



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