🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯

檢索以下詞典:
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯!)
最近搜尋:
IELTS BNC: 14765 COCA: 10527

paranoia

noun

para·​noia ˌper-ə-ˈnȯi-ə How to pronounce paranoia (audio)
ˌpa-rə-
1
: mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations
Psychotic symptoms and paranoia persisted, and she continued to "find clues" of conspiracy against her. Helen K. Delichatsios et al.
2
: a tendency on the part of an individual or group toward excessive or irrational suspiciousness and distrustfulness of others
The members of America's racist right inhabit a murky world of conspiracy, suspicion, and paranoia. Wayne King
paranoiac
ˌper-ə-ˈnȯi-ˌak How to pronounce paranoia (audio)
-ˈnȯi-ik
ˌpa-rə-
adjective or noun
or less commonly paranoic
ˌper-ə-ˈnȯi(-i)k How to pronounce paranoia (audio)
-ˈnō-ik,
ˌpa-rə-
paranoically
ˌper-ə-ˈnȯi(-i)-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce paranoia (audio)
-ˈnō-i-k(ə-)lē
ˌpa-rə-
adverb

Example Sentences

She was diagnosed with delusional paranoia. I had to admit that my fears were just paranoia.
Recent Examples on the Web With an ever-changing game, players will be in a constant state of paranoia, unable to trust anyone but themselves. Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 31 Aug. 2022 Though some shades of his paranoia are depicted, Brown-Easley’s history of serious mental illness is essentially passed over. Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2022 Therapists are trained to help patients manage any fear or paranoia that arises. Emma Yasinski, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2022 Fear and paranoia have suffused most discussions about further action. Jen Golbeck, Wired, 12 Jan. 2021 With an ever-changing game, players will be in a constant state of paranoia, unable to trust anyone but themselves. Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 10 Aug. 2022 Still, even with the liberalized law, a touch of paranoia may remain for some. Heather Chen, CNN, 9 June 2022 In late November, Yarullina said Casey began exhibiting signs of paranoia. Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 6 June 2022 But an atmosphere of paranoia enshrouded the inquiry. Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek, madness, from paranous demented, from para- + nous mind

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of paranoia was in 1887

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime