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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 paranoiaplay

  Familiarity information: PARANOID used as a noun is very rare.


PARANOID (adjective)
  The adjective PARANOID has 1 sense:

1. suffering from paranoiaplay

  Familiarity information: PARANOID used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PARANOID (noun)


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)


PARANOID (adjective)


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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