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PARANOID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paranoid mean?
• PARANOID (noun)
The noun PARANOID has 1 sense:
1. a person afflicted with paranoia
Familiarity information: PARANOID used as a noun is very rare.
• PARANOID (adjective)
The adjective PARANOID has 1 sense:
1. suffering from paranoia
Familiarity information: PARANOID used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person afflicted with paranoia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
paranoiac; paranoid
Hypernyms ("paranoid" is a kind of...):
psycho; psychotic; psychotic person (a person afflicted with psychosis)
Derivation:
paranoid (suffering from paranoia)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Suffering from paranoia
Similar:
insane (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement)
Derivation:
paranoid (a person afflicted with paranoia)
Context examples
A paranoid person may have delusions that people are trying to harm him or her.
(Paranoia, NCI Dictionary)
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