paranoia
Plural: paranoias, paranoiæ
Noun
- A mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur.
- a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur
- 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
- Extreme, irrational distrust of others.
Examples
- His paranoia grew as his opponent kept finding high-scoring words in Words With Friends.
Origin / Etymology
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”).
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 10
paranoia: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordparanoia: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
paranoia: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
paranoia: valid Words With Friends Word