paranoia

• paranœa, paranoea (obsolete, rare)
• paranoïa (rare)

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”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpæɹ.əˈnɔɪ.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpæɹ.əˈnɔɪ.ə/, /ˌpɛɹ.əˈnɔɪ.ə/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧noia
• Rhymes: -ɔɪə

paranoia (countable and uncountable, plural paranoias or (archaic) paranoiæ)

1. The obsolete name for a psychotic disorder, now called delusional disorder, often (in one of 6 subtypes) characterized by delusions of persecution and perceived threat against the individual affected with the disorder, and often associated with false accusations and general mistrust of others

   Antonym: pronoia

2. Extreme, irrational distrust of others.

• See: nous#Related terms
• See: para-#Derived terms

• “‖Paranoia, paranœa” listed on page 460 of volume VII (O, P) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1909]
    ‖Paranoia (pærănoi·ă), paranœa (-nī·ă). Path. [mod.L. a. Gr. παράνοια, f. παράνο-ος distracted, f. παρα- beside + νό-ος, νοῦς mind.] Mental derangement; spec. chronic mental unsoundness characterized by delusions or hallucinations, esp. of grandeur, persecution, etc. [¶; 4 quots.: 1857, 1891, 1892, 1899; ¶] Hence Paranoi·ac, -œ·ac, a. adj. afflicted with paranoia; b. sb.; also Parano·ic, -nœ·ic a. [¶; 3 quots.: 1857, 1892, 1899]

Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.ɾəˈnɔ.jə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pa.ɾaˈnɔ.ja]

paranoia f (plural paranoies)

1. paranoia

• paranoic

• “paranoia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈparanoja]
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧noia

paranoia f

1. paranoia

   Synonym: stihomam

• “paranoia”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “paranoia”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “paranoia”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).

paranoia

1. paranoia

Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌpaː.raːˈnoː.jaː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧noia

paranoia f (uncountable)

1. (psychology) paranoia

• paranoïcus
• paranoïde

paranoia (not comparable)

1. (informal) paranoid

   Synonym: paranoïde

Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrɑnoi̯jɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝rɑ̝ˌno̞i̯j(ː)ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -oijɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): pa‧ra‧noia

paranoia

1. paranoia (delusion of persecution)

   Synonym: vainoharha

2. paranoia (state of being paranoid)

   Synonym: vainoharhaisuus

• paranoidi

• “paranoia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒrɒnojɒ]
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧no‧ia
• Rhymes: -jɒ

paranoia

1. (psychology) paranoia (a psychotic disorder)

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	paranoia	paranoiák
accusative	paranoiát	paranoiákat
dative	paranoiának	paranoiáknak
instrumental	paranoiával	paranoiákkal
causal-final	paranoiáért	paranoiákért
translative	paranoiává	paranoiákká
terminative	paranoiáig	paranoiákig
essive-formal	paranoiaként	paranoiákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	paranoiában	paranoiákban
superessive	paranoián	paranoiákon
adessive	paranoiánál	paranoiáknál
illative	paranoiába	paranoiákba
sublative	paranoiára	paranoiákra
allative	paranoiához	paranoiákhoz
elative	paranoiából	paranoiákból
delative	paranoiáról	paranoiákról
ablative	paranoiától	paranoiáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	paranoiáé	paranoiáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	paranoiáéi	paranoiákéi

Possessive forms of paranoia
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	paranoiám	paranoiáim
2nd person sing.	paranoiád	paranoiáid
3rd person sing.	paranoiája	paranoiái
1st person plural	paranoiánk	paranoiáink
2nd person plural	paranoiátok	paranoiáitok
3rd person plural	paranoiájuk	paranoiáik

• paranoiás

• paranoia in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).

• IPA^(key): /pa.raˈnɔ.ja/
• Rhymes: -ɔja
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧nò‧ia

paranoia f (plural paranoie)

1. (psychology, figurative) paranoia

• paranoico
• paranoide

• paranóia (pre-1990 spelling)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).

• Rhymes: -ɔjɐ
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧noi‧a

paranoia f (plural paranoias)

1. paranoia (a psychotic disorder characterised by delusions of persecution)

Borrowed from French paranoia.

paranoia f (uncountable)

1. paranoia

• paranoya

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”). More at paranoia.

• IPA^(key): /paɾaˈnoja/ [pa.ɾaˈno.ja]
• Rhymes: -oja
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧no‧ia

paranoia f (plural paranoias)

1. paranoia

• “paranoia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• paranoya | Palabra de observatorio | Real Academia Española (rae.es)
• emparanoyarse | Palabra de observatorio | Real Academia Española (rae.es)
• emparanoiarse | Palabra de observatorio | Real Academia Española (rae.es)
• ¿Se escribe «emparanoiarse» o «emparanoyarse»? | Duda lingüística | Real Academia Española (rae.es)

paranoia c

1. paranoia (psychiatric illness)
2. paranoia (being paranoid)

• paranoid

• förföljelsemani
• noja

• paranoia in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• paranoia in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH