PARANOIA | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of paranoia in English

paranoia
noun
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/ˌper.əˈnɔɪ.ə/ uk
/ˌpær.əˈnɔɪ.ə/
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[ C or U ]
an extreme and unreasonable feeling that other people do not like you or are going to harm or criticize you:
There's a lot of paranoia about crime at the moment.
[ U ]   psychology   specialized
Someone who has paranoia has unreasonable false beliefs as a part of another mental illness, for example schizophrenia.
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(Definition of paranoia from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

paranoia | Intermediate English

paranoia
noun [ U ]
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/ˌpær·əˈnɔɪ·ə/
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a strong tendency to feel that you cannot trust other people or that other people have a bad opinion of you, or medical a mental illness that causes extreme feelings that others are trying to harm you
(Definition of paranoia from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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疑神疑鬼，多疑, 罹患妄想症的人, 偏執狂…
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疑神疑鬼，多疑, 患妄想症的人, 偏执狂…
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被害妄想, 偏執（へんしゅう）病, パラノイア…
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