paranoic

  • 31paranoia — [ˌparə nɔɪə] noun 1》 a mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution, unwarranted jealousy, or exaggerated self importance. 2》 unjustified suspicion and mistrust of others. Derivatives paranoiac adjective &noun paranoiacally adverb… …

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  • 32paranoia —   n. form of insanity in which patients believe themselves to be people of great importance, or think themselves persecuted by everyone.    ♦ paranoiac,    ♦ paranoic,   n. & a.    ♦ paranoid, a …

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  • 33paranoia — ► NOUN 1) a mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution, unwarranted jealousy, or exaggerated self importance. 2) unjustified suspicion and mistrust of others. DERIVATIVES paranoiac (also paranoic) adjective & noun paranoiacally… …

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  • 34paranoiac — paranoia ► NOUN 1) a mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution, unwarranted jealousy, or exaggerated self importance. 2) unjustified suspicion and mistrust of others. DERIVATIVES paranoiac (also paranoic) adjective & noun… …

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  • 35paranoiacally — paranoia ► NOUN 1) a mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution, unwarranted jealousy, or exaggerated self importance. 2) unjustified suspicion and mistrust of others. DERIVATIVES paranoiac (also paranoic) adjective & noun… …

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  • 36dementia praecox — noun any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact • Syn: ↑schizophrenia, ↑schizophrenic disorder, ↑schizophrenic psychosis • Derivationally… …

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  • 37paranoia — n. 1 a mental disorder esp. characterized by delusions of persecution and self importance. 2 an abnormal tendency to suspect and mistrust others. Derivatives: paranoiac adj. & n. paranoiacally adv. paranoic adj. paranoically adv. paranoid adj. &… …

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  • 38paranoid schizophrenia — noun a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually… …

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  • 39paraphrenia — noun a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually… …

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  • 40paraphrenic schizophrenia — noun a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually… …

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