'paranoia' definitions:
Definition of 'paranoia'
(from WordNet)
noun
A psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur
Definition of 'paranoia'
From: GCIDE
- paranoia \par`a*noi"a\ (p[a^]r`[.a]*noi"[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. para`noia.]
- 1. (Med.) A chronic form of insanity characterized by very gradual impairment of the intellect, systematized delusion, and usually by delusions 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 and nervous degeneration, and many have hallucinations, esp. of sight and hearing. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. Unwarranted suspicion of the motives of others; -- used colloquially in a non-technical sense. [Colloq.] [PJC]
Synonyms of 'paranoia'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alternating personality,
- brain disease,
- catatonia,
- catatonic schizophrenia,
- crack-up,
- dementia praecox,
- depersonalization,
- disconnection,
- dissociation,
- dissociation of personality,
- double personality,
- dual personality,
- emotional disorder,
- emotional dissociation,
- emotional instability,
- functional nervous disorder,
- hebephrenia,
- hebephrenic schizophrenia,
- insanity,
- maladjustment,
- manic-depressive psychosis,
- melancholia,
- mental disorder,
- mental dissociation,
- mental illness,
- multiple personality,
- nervous breakdown,
- nervous disorder,
- neurosis,
- paranoid personality,
- paranoid psychosis,
- paraphrenia,
- personality disorder,
- personality disorganization,
- problems in living,
- psychosis,
- reaction,
- schizoid personality,
- schizoidism,
- schizophrenia,
- schizothymia,
- social maladjustment,
- split personality