Look up: paranoia

1. paranoia
   [n] - a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur
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2. Paranoia
   A psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution with or without grandeur, often strenuously defended with apparent logic and reason. An irrational fear, suspicion, or distrust of others. Paranoia is often seen in people who suffer from psychosis and in schizophrenic patients.
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3. Paranoia
   a disorder in which a person becomes overly suspicious and emotionally sensitive
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4. Paranoia
   A mental disorder characterised by ongoing suspicion, mistrust, hostility and delusions of persecution
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5. Paranoia
   A mental disorder characterized by delusions of persecution.
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6. paranoia
   ..could be translated as thinking beside oneself. Category: Medicine
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7. Paranoia
   Par`a·noi'a (păr`ȧ*noi'ȧ) noun [ New Latin , from Greek para`noia .] (Medicine) Mental derangement; insanity.
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8. Paranoia
   Par`a·noi'a noun (Medicine) A chronic form of insanity characterized by very gradual impairment of the intellect, systematized delusion, and usually by delusious of persecution or mandatory delusions producing homicidal tendency. In its mild ...
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9. paranoia
   <psychiatry> A psychotic disorder marked by persistent delusions of persecution or delusional jealousy and behaviour like that of the paranoid personality, such as suspiciousness, mistrust and combativeness. ... It differs from paranoid schizophrenia, in which hallucinations or formal thought ...
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10. paranoia
    noun a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur
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11. paranoia
    (par″ә-noi´ah) in current usage, a descriptive term limited to the characterization of behavior that is marked by well-systematized delusions of persecution, delusions of grandeur, or a combination of the two. adj., paranoi´ac, par´anoid., adj. There are several disorders in which paranoia may occur...
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12. Paranoia
    • (n.) A chronic form of insanity characterized by very gradual impairment of the intellect, systematized delusion, and usually by delusious of persecution or mandatory delusions producing homicidal tendency. In its mild form paranoia may consist in the well-marked crotchetiness exhibited in pe...
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13. paranoia
    the central theme of a group of psychotic disorders characterized by systematic delusions and of the nonpsychotic paranoid personality disorder. The ... [4 related articles]
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14. paranoia
    (Gr. 'madness, delirium, a mind 'beside itself'', from para- + noein to think) a psychotic disorder marked by persistent delusions of persecution or delusional jealousy and behaviour like that of the paranoid personality, such as suspiciousness, mistrust, and combativeness. It differs from paranoid ...
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15. paranoia
    paranoia 1. Extreme, irrational, and unreasonable suspicion or distrust of other people and their motives. 2. A psychiatric disorder involving systematized delusion, usually of persecution. Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving the 'mind, mental' word units: anima...
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16. paranoia
    paranoia (pr"unoi'u) , in psychology, a term denoting persistent, unalterable, systematized, logically reasoned delusions, or false beliefs, usually of persecution or grandeur. In the former case the paranoiac creates a complex delusional system that purports to show that people want to hurt...
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17. paranoia
    Type: Term Pronunciation: par′ă-noy′ă Definitions: 1. A severe but relatively rare mental disorder characterized by the presence of systematized delusions, often of a persecutory character involving being followed, poisoned, or harmed by other means, in an otherwise intact personality.
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18. paranoia
    Mental disorder marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution. In popular usage, paranoia means baseless or exaggerated fear and suspicion. In chronic paranoia, patients exhibit a rigid system of false beliefs and opinions, believing themselves, for example, to be followed by the secret police, to ...
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19. paranoia
    A mental disorder in which a person has an extreme fear and distrust of others. A paranoid person may have delusions that people are trying to harm him or her.
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20. Paranoia
    `Paranoia` is a thought process believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of irrationality and delusion. Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs concerning a perceived threat towards oneself. Historically, this characterization was used to describe any...
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21. Paranoia
    (role-playing game) `Paranoia` is a dystopian science-fiction tabletop role-playing game originally designed and written by Greg Costikyan, Dan Gelber, and Eric Goldberg, and first published in 1984 by West End Games. Since 2004 the game has been published under licence by Mongoose Pub...
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22. Paranoia
    (disambiguation) `Paranoia` is a thought process that typically includes persecutory beliefs. `Paranoia` may also refer to: In `film and television`: In `music`: In `other media`: See also :
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23. Paranoia
    (magazine) Since 1992, Paranoia: The Conspiracy & Paranormal Reader has presented alternative views and marginalized theories of the inner workings of the cryptocracy. Subjects include conspiracy theories, parapolitics, alternative history, and the paranormal. Paranoia was f...
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24. Paranoia
    (Law & Order) `"Paranoia"` is the 117th episode of NBC`s legal drama Law & Order, and the sixth episode of sixth season. Plot: Detectives Lenny Briscoe and Rey Curtis investigate the stabbing murder of a college woman. The victim was in a course called "Sex, Viol...
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25. Paranoia
    (band) `Paranoia` is a thrash metal band from Spain active since 1994. The band`s name comes from the Anthrax song "Time" from the album Persistence of Time (1990); same as favourite bands like Metallica and Sepultura the name is written equal in English and Portuguese respec...
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