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Main Entry: para·noid
Pronunciation: 'par-&-"noid
Variant(s): also para·noi·dal /"par-&-'noi-d&l/Function: adjectiveDate: 1904
1 : characterized by or resembling
paranoia2 : characterized by suspiciousness, persecutory trends, or megalomania
3 : extremely fearful-
paranoid noun
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paranoid
SYLLABICATION:
par·a·noid
ADJECTIVE:
1. Relating to, characteristic of, or affected with paranoia.
2. Exhibiting or characterized by extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others: a paranoid suspicion that the phone might be bugged.
NOUN:
One affected with paranoia.
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