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- Dictionaryparanoia/ˌparəˈnɔɪə/
noun
- 1. unjustified suspicion and mistrust of other people or their actions: "I got into a state of paranoia about various night noises which in daylight seems utterly silly"
- 2. the unwarranted or delusional belief that one is being persecuted, harassed, or betrayed by others, occurring as part of a mental condition.
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an extreme and unreasonable feeling that other people do not like you or are going to harm or criticize you: There's a lot of paranoia about crime at the moment. [ U ] psychology specialized. Someone who has paranoia has unreasonable false beliefs as a part of another mental illness, for example schizophrenia.
Paranoia is an instinct or thought process that is believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety, suspicion, or fear, often to the point of delusion and irrationality. Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs, or beliefs of conspiracy concerning a perceived threat towards oneself (i.e., "Everyone is out to get me").
The meaning of PARANOIA is mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations. How to use paranoia in a sentence.
noun. a form of schizophrenia characterized by a slowly progressive deterioration of the personality, involving delusions and often hallucinations. a mental disorder characterized by any of several types of delusions, in which the personality otherwise remains relatively intact. informal.
If you say that someone has paranoia, you think that they are too suspicious and afraid of other people. The mood is one of paranoia and expectation of war. American English : paranoia / pærəˈnɔɪə /
It is an irregularity of the mind, a mental disorder that distorts a person's perception of what is real. Someone with paranoia may believe that other people are out to get them or are watching them all the time.
noun. /ˌpærəˈnɔɪə/ [uncountable] the belief that other people dislike or want to harm you, when there is no evidence or reason for this. External threats will just fuel paranoia among those in power. I was full of paranoia that people were talking about me. Extra Examples. Topics Feelings c2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
