Against this paranoia of recent history, Frank takes the long view that all disasters and destruction are natural.
Those who dream of a post-partisan future should note that paranoia has a habit of erasing traditional political boundaries.
That, in the absence of an explanation as to why, paranoia takes over.
As my paranoia deepened, I became convinced that I had died and no one was telling me.
As fears of the virus hitting Europe intensify, health officials warn that paranoia and racial profiling may grow, as well.
Their wives then become martyrs, especially in cases of alcoholism and paranoia.
Nrana did not know the words for delirium and paranoia, but he could distinguish between them.
He thought the paranoia was an improvement over the wider madness.
Many of our crowd-phenomena belong, like paranoia, to this last class.
And all the while eyeing the new and the foreign with the paranoia that is the result of true guilt.
"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.
