paranoia

Noun

Meaning

Mental derangement; insanity.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

delusion suspicion derangement depression dissociation mania neurosis melancholia fear anxiety dementia madness distrust insanity psychosis
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Antonyms

sense reason prudence understanding balance intelligence
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Hypernyms

psychosis

Phrases with the word

of paranoia suffering from paranoia delusional paranoia someone suffering from paranoia affected by paranoia related to paranoia

Examples

A baby is born into this world in a state of fear. Total paranoia and awareness. He sees the world with eyes not used yet. As he grows up, his parents lay all this stuff on him. They tell him, when they should be letting him tell them. Let the children lead you. Charles Manson

But when I first got cancer, after the initial shock and the fear and paranoia and crying and all that goes with cancer - that word means to most people ultimate death - I decided to see what I could do to take that negative and use it in a positive way. Herbie Mann

Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then. Philip K. Dick

Paranoia is a survival trait when you run in my circles. It gives you something to do in your spare time, coming up with solutions to ridiculous problems that aren't ever going to happen. Except when one of them does, at which point you feel way too vindicated. - Harry Dresden, Changes, Jim Butcher. Jim Butcher

Is my paranoia getting completely out of hand, or are you mongoloids really talking about me? John Kennedy Toole

Misplaced paranoia could be as great a mistake as misplaced faith. Lois McMaster Bujold

Close letter words and terms

paranodular paranoea paranoeic paranoiac paranoiacally paranoialike