paranoia
Significado (Inglês)
- (countable, uncountable) The obsolete name for a psychotic disorder, now called delusional disorder, often (in one of six subtypes) characterized by delusions of persecution and a perceived threat against the individual affected with the disorder, and often associated with false accusations and a general mistrust of others
- (countable, uncountable) Extreme, irrational distrust of others.
Oposto de
pronoia
Sinônimos
delusional insanity
persecution complex
paranea
mental derangement
Traduções
Freqüência
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˌpæɹ.əˈnɔɪ.ə/
Etimologia (Inglês)
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”), from παράνοος (paránoos, “demented”), from παρά (pará, “beyond, beside”) + νόος (nóos, “mind, spirit”). By surface analysis, para- (“abnormal, beyond”) + nous (“mind”) + -ia (“(medical) condition”).
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