persecutory
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The Crown accepted the plea having heard evidence from two psychiatrists that Harrison was suffering from an abnormality of mental functioning at the time of the killing and had "persecutory delusional beliefs".
From BBC • Aug. 15, 2022
Are there no more people who experience persecutory or grandiose delusions, hallucinations, and at times excessive religiosity, hostility and aggression?
From Slate • Jul. 28, 2022
The treatment also has been seen as effective in reducing paranoia, anxiety disorders, persecutory delusions, and hearing or movement limitations in real life.
From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2021
A pathological liar with megalomania and persecutory delusion.
From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2021
Indeed, one frequently asks himself whether their persecutory ideas deserve to be endowed with the value of actual delusions.
From Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Glueck, Bernard
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