paranoia

US: /ˌpɛɹəˈnɔɪə/
UK: /pˈæɹənˌɔ‍ɪɐ/


English Vietnamese dictionary


paranoia /,pærə'ni:ə/ (paranoia) /,pærə'nɔiə/
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Advanced English dictionary


+ noun [U]
1 (medical) a mental illness in which a person may wrongly believe that other people are trying to harm them, that they are sb very important, etc.
2 (informal) fear or suspicion of other people when there is no evidence or reason for this

Collocation dictionary


ADJ.

increasing, mounting

VERB + PARANOIA

suffer from | border on, verge on
Her passion for cleanliness borders on paranoia.

PARANOIA + VERB

afflict sb


Concise English dictionary


paranoias‚pærə'nɔɪə
noun
+a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur