paranoia
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”), from παράνοος (paránoos, “demented”), from παρά (pará, “beyond, beside”) + νόος (nóos, “mind, spirit”).
By surface analysis, para- (“abnormal, beyond”) + nous (“mind”) + -ia (“(medical) condition”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpæɹ.əˈnɔɪ.ə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpɛɹ.əˈnɔɪ.ə/, /ˌpæɹ.əˈnɔɪ.ə/
- Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧noia
- Rhymes: -ɔɪə
Noun edit
paranoia (countable and uncountable, plural paranoias or (archaic) paranoiæ)
- The obsolete name for a psychotic disorder, now called delusional disorder, often (in one of 6 subtypes) characterized by delusions of persecution and perceived threat against the individual affected with the disorder, and often associated with false accusations and general mistrust of others
- Antonym: pronoia
- Extreme, irrational distrust of others.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- See: nous#Related terms
- See: para-#Derived terms
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References edit
- “‖Paranoia, paranœa” listed on page 460 of volume VII (O, P) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1909]
‖Paranoia (pærănoi·ă), paranœa (-nī·ă). Path. [mod.L. a. Gr. παράνοια, f. παράνο-ος distracted, f. παρα- beside + νό-ος, νοῦς mind.] Mental derangement; spec. chronic mental unsoundness characterized by delusions or hallucinations, esp. of grandeur, persecution, etc. [¶; 4 quots.: 1857, 1891, 1892, 1899; ¶] Hence Paranoi·ac, -œ·ac, a. adj. afflicted with paranoia; b. sb.; also Parano·ic, -nœ·ic a. [¶; 3 quots.: 1857, 1892, 1899]
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
paranoia f (plural paranoies)
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Further reading edit
- “paranoia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
paranoia f
Declension edit
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Further reading edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).
Noun edit
paranoia
Declension edit
common gender |
Singular | |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | paranoia | paranoiaen |
genitive | paranoias | paranoiaens |
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
paranoia f (uncountable)
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Adjective edit
paranoia (not comparable)
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
paranoia
- paranoia (delusion of persecution)
- Synonym: vainoharha
- paranoia (state of being paranoid)
- Synonym: vainoharhaisuus
Declension edit
Declension of paranoia (type koira)
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Further reading edit
- “paranoia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
paranoia
- (psychology) paranoia (a psychotic disorder)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | paranoia | paranoiák |
accusative | paranoiát | paranoiákat |
dative | paranoiának | paranoiáknak |
instrumental | paranoiával | paranoiákkal |
causal-final | paranoiáért | paranoiákért |
translative | paranoiává | paranoiákká |
terminative | paranoiáig | paranoiákig |
essive-formal | paranoiaként | paranoiákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | paranoiában | paranoiákban |
superessive | paranoián | paranoiákon |
adessive | paranoiánál | paranoiáknál |
illative | paranoiába | paranoiákba |
sublative | paranoiára | paranoiákra |
allative | paranoiához | paranoiákhoz |
elative | paranoiából | paranoiákból |
delative | paranoiáról | paranoiákról |
ablative | paranoiától | paranoiáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
paranoiáé | paranoiáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
paranoiáéi | paranoiákéi |
Possessive forms of paranoia | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | paranoiám | paranoiáim |
2nd person sing. | paranoiád | paranoiáid |
3rd person sing. | paranoiája | paranoiái |
1st person plural | paranoiánk | paranoiáink |
2nd person plural | paranoiátok | paranoiáitok |
3rd person plural | paranoiájuk | paranoiáik |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading edit
- paranoia in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
paranoia f (plural paranoie)
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Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
- paranóia (obsolete form)
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧noi‧a
Noun edit
paranoia f (plural paranoias)
- paranoia (a psychotic disorder characterised by delusions of persecution)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French paranoia.
Noun edit
paranoia f (uncountable)
Declension edit
singular | ||
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f gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (o) paranoia | paranoiaua |
genitive/dative | (unei) - | -i |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”). More at paranoia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
paranoia f (plural paranoias)
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Further reading edit
- “paranoia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Noun edit
paranoia c
Declension edit
Declension of paranoia | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | paranoia | paranoian | paranoior | paranoiorna |
Genitive | paranoias | paranoians | paranoiors | paranoiornas |