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paranoia
noun as in mental illness
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- crack-up
- craziness
- delusions
- depression
- derangement
- disturbed mind
- emotional disorder
- emotional instability
- loss of mind
- lunacy
- madness
- maladjustment
- mania
- mental disease
- mental sickness
- nervous breakdown
- nervous disorder
- neurosis
- neurotic disorder
- phobia
- psychopathy
- psychosis
- sick mind
- troubled mind
- unbalanced mind
- unsoundness of mind
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Example Sentences
Such was the corrosive paranoia of the time, fueled by McCarthy and abetted by Hoover.
Against this paranoia of recent history, Frank takes the long view that all disasters and destruction are natural.
But fear of something that is not actually a threat is not rightful fear, but rather paranoia.
Those who dream of a post-partisan future should note that paranoia has a habit of erasing traditional political boundaries.
That, in the absence of an explanation as to why, paranoia takes over.
Paranoia, as it is called, mild delusional insanity, may assert itself and then may persist for the rest of life.
The most significant consideration with regard to paranoia is the fact that it is practically always hereditary.
After the persecutory stage in paranoia, comes the third, or so-called expansive period of the disease.
There are usually three stages of paranoia described by authorities in mental diseases.
Krafft-Ebing said that he never saw a case of true and reasonably well developed paranoia without hereditary taint.
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On this page you'll find 30 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to paranoia, such as: insanity, mental disorder, personality disorder, crack up, craziness, and delusions.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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