paranoid

Thân thiện

A person with paranoid thoughts constantly checks the door is locked.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Characterized by or suffering from paranoia: Exhibiting irrational and persistent feelings of persecution, excessive suspicion, or self-importance.
   • Extremely fearful or distrustful: Having an intense, often unwarranted, distrust of others or their motives.

2. Noun:

   • A person afflicted with paranoia: An individual who suffers from the mental condition of paranoia.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • After the incident, he became increasingly paranoid about his safety.
  • She had a paranoid belief that her colleagues were plotting against her.

• Noun:

  • The character in the film was portrayed as a paranoid who trusted no one.
  • Clinically, he was diagnosed as a paranoid.

Advanced Usage

• Colloquial/Informal Use: In everyday, non-clinical language, "paranoid" is often used to describe someone who is overly anxious or suspicious about a specific situation, without implying a medical diagnosis.
  • I'm feeling paranoid about forgetting my passport before the trip.
• "Paranoid that...": A common structure introducing the specific fear or belief.
  • He was paranoid that his phone was being tapped.

Variants and Related Words

• Paranoia (n): The condition itself, characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur.
  • His paranoia made it difficult for him to maintain friendships.
• Paranoid Schizophrenia (n): A specific subtype of schizophrenia dominated by paranoia. (Note: This is a compound term listed here as a related concept).
• Paranoidally (adv): In a paranoid manner.
  • He glanced around paranoidally.

Synonyms

• Adjective: Distrustful, suspicious, fearful, persecuted, delusional.
• Noun: Persecution complex sufferer.

Related Phrases

• Paranoid about (something): Having an irrational fear or suspicion regarding a specific thing.
  • She's paranoid about getting sick.
• Paranoid delusion: A fixed, false belief characteristic of paranoia.
  • The patient was held captive by a paranoid delusion.

Related Idioms

• Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you: A humorous or cynical saying acknowledging that even an overly suspicious person might sometimes be correct about a threat. It highlights the difficulty of dismissing fears that may have a basis in reality.
  • He laughed and said, "Just because you're paranoid..." when his friend warned him about the deal.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. suffering from paranoia

Noun

1. a person afflicted with paranoia

Từ đồng nghĩa

• paranoiac