paraphrenia

Noun

Meaning

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 presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

paranoid schizophrenia paranoic type schizophrenia paraphrenic schizophrenia paranoia schizophrenia split personality double personality

Hypernyms

schizophrenia dementia praecox schizophrenic disorder schizophrenic psychosis

Close letter words and terms

paraphrastic paraphrastical paraphrastically paraphrenic paraphrenic schizophrenia paraphrenitis