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Meaning of paranoia in English
Pronunciation
/ˌpɛrəˈnɔɪə/
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Noun
paranoia
Etymology
early 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek, from paranoos‘distracted’, from para‘irregular’ + noos‘mind’
Definitions
1.
a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur