I am keenly aware that such a view might be perceived by some as having a good dose of paranoia of my own.
The paranoia about mold being left behind by the floods is unwarranted.
His paranoia was intensifying and he mentioned wanting to die.
Evasion is the survival strategy, paranoia makes perfect sense, while rationality comes to look crazy.
At times his me-against-the-world approach has bordered on paranoia.
Technology is no cure for this paranoia; in fact, it may enhance the paranoia: it turns us into prisoners of our own device.
Their wives then become martyrs, especially in cases of alcoholism and paranoia.
In other words, that would agitate him with grounds—for other reasons than paranoia.
Nrana did not know the words for delirium and paranoia, but he could distinguish between them.
If that doesn't happen, there's a period of suspiciousness and secretiveness—strongly suggestive of paranoia.
"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]
paranoia par·a·noi·a (pār'ə-noi'ə)
n.
A psychotic disorder characterized by systematized delusions, especially of persecution or grandeur, in the absence of other personality disorders.
Extreme, irrational distrust of others.
A form of psychosis marked by delusions of persecution and of grandeur. One who suffers from paranoia is paranoid.
Note: In popular terminology, a “paranoid” personality is characterized by suspicion and distrust of others; a tendency to look for hidden meaning behind other people's actions; argumentativeness; complaining; low tolerance for criticism; and a constant display of one's own talents, accomplishments, independence, and rationality.
