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paranoid
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Paranoid were a German EBM group, formed in 1990 in Aachen , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany , by Stephan Tesch and Michael Formberg. They disbanded in 1993.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
paranoid \par"a*noid`\, a. (Med.) Affected with paranoia; as, a paranoid schizophrenic. Syn: paranoiac. Suffering from delusions of being persecuted by the conspiratorial actions of others; having an unwarranted suspicion of the motives of others; -- used ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB so ▪ That's why they were so paranoid . ▪ And the Colonel was so paranoid about losing control over Presley that he never would let Presley tour without him. ▪ I was so paranoid I even listened at the door. ▪ ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of, related to, or suffering from paranoia 2 exhibit extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others n. Someone suffering from paranoia
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1901, irregularly formed from paranoia + -oid . As a noun, "a paranoid person," attested from 1922.
Usage examples of paranoid.
What I learned now was that the LSD retreat and inward plunge can be compared to an essential schizophrenia, and the antinomianism of contemporary youth to a paranoid schizophrenia.
I learned now was that the LSD retreat and inward plunge can be compared to an essential schizophrenia, and the antinomianism of contemporary youth to a paranoid schizophrenia.
Sels, you know as well as I do that your sensitivity when I so much as glance at Bett is almost paranoid.
Blankenship, who was notorious for his perfectionism as well as his almost paranoid obsession with security.
After the debacle of the attempted storming of Silo Nine and the purges that followed, what remained of the underground lived from moment to moment, and tended to be even more paranoid than it used to.
Sol Belters, like our own Serpent Swarmers, were regarded by flatlanders as paranoid.
They spend most of their time squirreled away in a basement or an attic with a word processor writing and rewriting, paranoid that the public might find their finished product silly, trite, or stupid.
When the heat went on and it was clear that Chameleon was going to become an unfunded political football for the paranoid of the nation, a decision was made to keep it going using the security services, where money and specifics could be buried, diverted, or expenditures faked as going for a different project.
Even if he left Aisling out of the story, the entire thing would sound paranoid.
For the paranoid, such as Baptiste, sleeping with Benoit would be a terrifying dance with chance.
I doubted Brie, exactly, but I knew how possible it was for the new kid in school to get paranoid.
They are probably there to monitor unusual demand for brain chemicals and carbos in a combination that approximates paranoid hysteria with pseudo-psychotic overtones, a condition that I admit I submitted to momentarily just now.
And when a character does not die, when he or she is neither consumptive, nor epileptic, nor hysterical, nor paranoid, nor schizophrenic, nor alcoholic, nor a sick prostitute, nor a sexual pervert, there is still evidence of morbid behaviour: sudden pallor, vivid blushes, burning eyes, trembling and fits, swoons.
So the grubs and their allies-the few that remained-grew intensely paranoid and watchful for the signs of new life.
Like the hebephrenic, the paranoid had found a stable and permanent maladaptation.