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Grammar : Noun
Spell : par-uh-noi-uh
Phonetic Transcription : ˌpær əˈnɔɪ ə

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Origin :
  • "mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions," 1848 (earlier paranoea 1811), from Greek paranoia "mental derangement, madness," from paranoos "mentally ill, insane," from para- "beside, beyond" (see para- (1)) + noos "mind."
  • FOR several years frequent descriptions have been given in the foreign journals, especially German and Italian, of the forms of insanity designated by the names Paranoia, Verrücktkeit, and Wahnsinn. ["Paranoia -- Systematized Delusions and Mental Degenerations," J. Séglas (transl. William Noyes), 1888]
  • As in mental illness : noun emotional disorder
Example sentences :
  • Their wives then become martyrs, especially in cases of alcoholism and paranoia.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • Nrana did not know the words for delirium and paranoia, but he could distinguish between them.
  • Extract from : « Happy Ending » by Fredric Brown
  • He thought the paranoia was an improvement over the wider madness.
  • Extract from : « Happy Ending » by Fredric Brown
  • Many of our crowd-phenomena belong, like paranoia, to this last class.
  • Extract from : « The Behavior of Crowds » by Everett Dean Martin
  • And all the while eyeing the new and the foreign with the paranoia that is the result of true guilt.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
  • The paranoia may not always follow the course mapped out for it.
  • Extract from : « Essays In Pastoral Medicine » by Austin Malley
  • Paranoia occurs a little more commonly in females than in males.
  • Extract from : « Essays In Pastoral Medicine » by Austin Malley
  • "It is not any form of paranoia," said the planetary doctor, contemptuously.
  • Extract from : « The Hate Disease » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • Paranoia involves a sensation of grandeur, not to be shared.
  • Extract from : « The Hate Disease » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • Its evil potency is greatly enhanced by the facility with which it weds alcoholism, and breeds tuberculosis, cancer, and paranoia.
  • Extract from : « Defenseless America » by Hudson Maxim
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