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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
paranoid \par"a*noid`\, a.
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(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 loosely in a negative sense, not as a medical term; as, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they are not out to get you.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1901, irregularly formed from paranoia + -oid. As a noun, "a paranoid person," attested from 1922.
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
WordNet
adj. suffering from paranoia
n. a person afflicted with paranoia [syn: paranoiac]
Wikipedia
Paranoid refers to paranoia, a thought process that typically includes persecutory beliefs.
Paranoid may also refer to:
In music:
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Paranoid (album), an album by Black Sabbath
- "Paranoid" (Black Sabbath song), the title song
- "Paranoid" (Jonas Brothers song)
- "Paranoid" (Kanye West song)
- "Paranoid" (Ty Dolla Sign song)
- "Paranoid", a song by Alana Grace from Break the Silence
- "Paranoid", a song by Grand Funk Railroad from Grand Funk
- Paranoid (band), a German EBM group
- I Think I'm Paranoid, a song by Garbage from Version 2.0
In other media:
- Paranoid (2000 thriller film), an indie film starring Jessica Alba
- Paranoid (2000 horror film) (also known as Frightmare), a film directed by Ash Smith
- Paranoid (2016 TV series), an ITV/ Netflix TV series
- "Paranoid: A Chant", a poem by Stephen King
"Paranoid" is a song by the British rock band Black Sabbath, featured on their second album Paranoid (1970). It is the first single from the album, while the B-side is the song " The Wizard". It reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart and number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Paranoid is a 2000 indie film, directed by John Duigan, which was made for theatrical release but subsequently received a limited international theatrical release. It was released directly to video in most countries. It stars Jessica Alba and Iain Glen.
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.
Paranoid is the second studio album by English metal band Black Sabbath. Released in September 1970, it was the band's only LP to top the UK Albums Chart until the release of 13 in 2013. Paranoid contains several of the band's signature songs, including " Iron Man", " War Pigs" and the title track, which was the band's only Top 20 hit, reaching number 4 in the UK charts. It is often regarded as one of the most quintessential and influential albums in heavy metal history.
Paranoid (also known as Frightmare) is a low-budget, independent slasher film directed by Ash Smith. A put-on haunted house becomes the killing grounds for a serial killer.
"Paranoid" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Kanye West, released March 24, 2009 as the fourth and final single from his fourth studio album, 808s & Heartbreak (2008). The song was co-produced with Jeff Bhasker and Plain Pat, while co-written by the three along with Consequence and Kid Cudi. The original version of the song, which appears on the album, features English singer-songwriter Mr Hudson, who had recently been signed to West's GOOD Music record label.
"Paranoid" is the first single by American pop band Jonas Brothers from their fourth studio album, Lines, Vines and Trying Times. It was released on April 29, 2009, through Hollywood Records. The three brothers wrote the song with English singer-songwriter Cathy Dennis and their producer John Fields.
Paranoid is an upcoming British-American television series. The eight part series will broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom, and will stream internationally on Netflix in 2016.
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.