Look up: paranoia

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   paranoia
   [n] - a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur
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   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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   Paranoia
   a disorder in which a person becomes overly suspicious and emotionally sensitive
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   Paranoia
   A mental disorder characterised by ongoing suspicion, mistrust, hostility and delusions of persecution
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   Paranoia
   A mental disorder characterized by delusions of persecution.
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   paranoia
   ..could be translated as thinking beside oneself. Category: Medicine
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   Paranoia
   Par`a·noi'a (păr`ȧ*noi'ȧ) noun [ New Latin , from Greek para`noia .] (Medicine) Mental derangement; insanity.
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   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 form paranoia may consist in the well-marked crotchetiness exhibited in persons commonly called 'cranks.' Paranoiacs usually show evidences of bodily a ...
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   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 disorder are present, in that the delusions are log ...
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    paranoia
    noun a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur
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    Paranoia
    `Paranoia` is a disturbed thought process characterized by excessive anxiety or fear, often to the point of irrationality and delusion. Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs concerning a perceived threat. In the original Greek, Ã?€Î±Ã?Â?άνοια (`paranoia`) simply means madness (para = outside; nous = mind) and, historically, this characterization was used to describe any delusional state.
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    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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    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 persons commonly called `cranks.` Paranoiacs usually...
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    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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    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 schizophrenia, in which hallucinations or formal ...
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    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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    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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