paranoia

/par-uh-noi-uh/US // ˌpær əˈnɔɪ ə //UK // (ˌpærəˈnɔɪə) //

妄想症,偏执狂,妄想狂,偏执症

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Psychiatry. a mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions and the projection of personal conflicts, which are ascribed to the supposed hostility of others, sometimes progressing to disturbances of consciousness and aggressive acts believed to be performed in self-defense or as a mission.
- : baseless or excessive suspicion of the motives of others.

as inmental illness

Synonyms

What's new, in a state that has employed all-mail voting since 2014, is paranoia about the count and results.
That anxiety runs deep, even if the historical data doesn’t quite back up the paranoia.
Ghost tours capitalize on this hereditary paranoia by forcing the mind to wrestle with ambiguity.
The Red Scare injected paranoia into American culture, inducing a paralyzing dread at the prospect of Communist infiltration.
Following a Joe Rogan podcast appearance a few years back where McInnes talked of the Proud Boys as a gang and dropped the above “I want violence” line, there were dark murmurings and paranoia that the group had started to appear on the FBI’s radar.
Such was the corrosive paranoia of the time, fueled by McCarthy and abetted by Hoover.
Against this paranoia of recent history, Frank takes the long view that all disasters and destruction are natural.
But fear of something that is not actually a threat is not rightful fear, but rather paranoia.
Those who dream of a post-partisan future should note that paranoia has a habit of erasing traditional political boundaries.
That, in the absence of an explanation as to why, paranoia takes over.
Paranoia, as it is called, mild delusional insanity, may assert itself and then may persist for the rest of life.

/par-uh-noi-uh/US // ˌpær əˈnɔɪ ə //UK // (ˌpærəˈnɔɪə) //

妄想症,偏执狂,妄想狂,偏执症

n.名词 noun

1
- : Psychiatry. a mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions and the projection of personal conflicts, which are ascribed to the supposed hostility of others, sometimes progressing to disturbances of consciousness and aggressive acts believed to be performed in self-defense or as a mission.
- : baseless or excessive suspicion of the motives of others.

as inmental illness

Synonyms

What's new, in a state that has employed all-mail voting since 2014, is paranoia about the count and results.
That anxiety runs deep, even if the historical data doesn’t quite back up the paranoia.
Ghost tours capitalize on this hereditary paranoia by forcing the mind to wrestle with ambiguity.
The Red Scare injected paranoia into American culture, inducing a paralyzing dread at the prospect of Communist infiltration.
Following a Joe Rogan podcast appearance a few years back where McInnes talked of the Proud Boys as a gang and dropped the above “I want violence” line, there were dark murmurings and paranoia that the group had started to appear on the FBI’s radar.
Such was the corrosive paranoia of the time, fueled by McCarthy and abetted by Hoover.
Against this paranoia of recent history, Frank takes the long view that all disasters and destruction are natural.
But fear of something that is not actually a threat is not rightful fear, but rather paranoia.
Those who dream of a post-partisan future should note that paranoia has a habit of erasing traditional political boundaries.
That, in the absence of an explanation as to why, paranoia takes over.
Paranoia, as it is called, mild delusional insanity, may assert itself and then may persist for the rest of life.