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paranoiac

/ˌpæɹəˈnɔɪæk/

paranoiac adjective: pertaining to, or exhibiting, paranoia.

Adjective

paranoiac (comparative more paranoiac, superlative most paranoiac)

  1. Pertaining to, or exhibiting, paranoia.
    • Calm yourselves. The hysteria and opulent paranoiac fantasies that have spread over GCN’s pages in the wake of the general election constitute a reaction both shortsighted and silly.1980 December 13, Ray Olson, “Shorct Sighted And Silly”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 21, page 4

Noun

paranoiac (plural paranoiacs)

  1. Somebody who has paranoia, a paranoid person.
    • "Prove to me that I'm wrong when I say you are all just like person X from your group!" This is the cry of the bigot, the paranoiac, the pigeonholer, the witchhunter. Why need we prove what is self-evident?1999 February 1, Shedona Chevalier, “Personal Power”, in Agapé, volume 2, number 1, page 2
    Synonyms:
    paranœic

paranoiac meaning in Tamil and Kannada

paranoiac in Tamil

சுருத்துத்திரிபு நோயர்

paranoiac in Kannada

ಬುದ್ಧಿವಿಕಲ್ಪವಾದವನು, ಚಿತ್ತಭ್ರಮಣೆಯಾದವನು, ಬುದ್ಧಿವಿಕಲ್ಪವಾದವಳು, ಚಿತ್ತಭ್ರಮಣೆಯಾದವಳು, ಸಂಶಯ ಪಿಶಾಚಿ, ಅತಿಯಾಗಿ ಸಂಶಯಪಡುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

Synonyms of paranoiac

Forms of paranoiac

Adjective
comparativemore paranoiac
superlativemost paranoiac
alternative formparanoic
alternative form (obsolete, rare)paranœac
Noun
pluralparanoiacs

Origin of paranoiac

From paranoia + -ac.

Words formed from paranoiac

Questions about paranoiac

What does paranoiac mean?
Paranoiac means pertaining to, or exhibiting, paranoia.
What is paranoiac in Tamil?
Paranoiac in Tamil is சுருத்துத்திரிபு நோயர். See Paranoiac meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is paranoiac?
Paranoiac can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce paranoiac?
Paranoiac is pronounced /ˌpæɹəˈnɔɪæk/.

Words near paranoiac in the dictionary

  1. paranoea
  2. paranoeas
  3. paranoeic
  4. paranoeics
  5. paranoia
  6. paranoiac
  7. paranoiac-critical
  8. paranoiacally
  9. paranoiacs
  10. paranoialike
  11. paranoias

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