paranoia
Syllables: pa·ra·noia/ˌpæɹ.əˈnɔɪ.ə/US/ˌpæɹ.əˈnɔɪ.ə/
paranoia noun: a psychotic disorder, now called delusional disorder, often (in one of six subtypes) characterized by delusions of persecution and a perceived threat against the individual affected with the disorder, and often associated with false accusations and a general mistrust of others.
Noun
paranoia (countable and uncountable, plural paranoias or (archaic) paranoiæ)
- A psychotic disorder, now called delusional disorder, often (in one of six subtypes) characterized by delusions of persecution and a perceived threat against the individual affected with the disorder, and often associated with false accusations and a general mistrust of others.
- Synonyms:
- paranoidism
- Antonyms:
- pronoia
- Extreme, irrational distrust of others.
paranoia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
paranoia in Hindi
- a psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- संविभ्रम samvibhram
paranoia in Tamil
- திரிபுணர்வு அமைந்த மனச் சிதைவு, பரனோயா, துன்புறு மனநோய்
paranoia in Marathi
- पॅरॅनोया, पॅरानोया, पॅरानोइया
paranoia in Urdu
- وہم, غلط فہمی, وسوسہ, بدظنی, بدگمانی, شک و شبہات
More languagesFewer languages
- paranoia in Bengali
- অহেতুক সন্দেহপ্রবণতা, মানসিক ব্যাধি
- paranoia in Malayalam
- ചിത്തഭ്രമം, മാനസികരോഗം, മതിഭ്രമം, മാനസികവ്യാധി
- paranoia in Kannada
- ಬುದ್ಧಿಭ್ರಮಣೆ, ಚಿತ್ತಭ್ರಾಂತಿ, ಮತಿ ವಿಕಲ್ಪ, ಬುದ್ಧಿವಿಕಲ್ಪ
- paranoia in Punjabi
- ਪੈਰਾਨੋਇਆ, ਪੈਰਾਨੋਆ, ਪੈਰਾਨੋਈਆ
- paranoia in Gujarati
- પેરાનોઇયા, પેરાનોયા, પેરાનોઇઆ
- paranoia in Odia
- ପାରାନୋଇଆ, ପାରାନୋଆ
- paranoia in Nepali
- प्यारानोया
- paranoia in Arabic
- بَارَانُويَا baranūyā, جُنُون اِضْطِهَاد junūn iḍṭihād
- paranoia in Indonesian
- paranoia
- paranoia in Persian
- پارانویا pârânoyâ
- paranoia in Thai
- โรคจิตหวาดระแวง rôok-jìt-wàat-rá-wɛɛng
- paranoia in Vietnamese
- hoang tưởng ảo giác
Examples of paranoia in a sentence
- Verifying and addressing actual threats is not paranoia.
- That way you only need like three hits, and no paranoia.
- If paranoia is a mental disorder, then pronoia is a mental disorder.
Synonyms of paranoia
Antonyms
Forms of paranoia
| plural | paranoias |
|---|---|
| alternative hypercorrect | paranoïa |
| plural (archaic) | paranoiæ |
| alternative form (dated) | paranœa |
| alternative form (dated) | paranoea |
Origin of paranoia
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”), from παράνοος (paránoos, “demented”), from παρά (pará, “beyond, beside”) + νόος (nóos, “mind, spirit”). By surface analysis, para- (“abnormal, beyond”) + nous (“mind”) + -ia (“(medical) condition”).
Words formed from paranoia
Words that rhyme with paranoia
Questions about paranoia
- What does paranoia mean?
- Paranoia means a psychotic disorder, now called delusional disorder, often (in one of six subtypes) characterized by delusions of persecution and a perceived threat against the individual affected with the disorder, and often associated with false accusations and a general mistrust of others.
- What is paranoia in Hindi?
- Paranoia in Hindi is संविभ्रम (samvibhram). See Paranoia meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is paranoia?
- Paranoia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce paranoia?
- Paranoia is pronounced /ˌpæɹ.əˈnɔɪ.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of paranoia?
- The plural of paranoia is paranoias.
Words near paranoia in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: paranoia (page history and authors); paranoia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); paranoia (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paranoia (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Paranoia (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); paranoia (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); paranoia (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); paranoia (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paranoia (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paranoia (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paranoia (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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