paranoia

• paranœa, paranoea (dated)
• paranoïa (hypercorrect)

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 six subtypes) characterized by delusions of persecution and a perceived threat against the individual affected with the disorder, and often associated with false accusations and a 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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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), 2008–2025

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
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧ra‧noi‧a
• 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 3 July 2023

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)

• paranoiás

• paranoia in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (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 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• 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