paranoia

See also: Paranoia, paranóia, and paranoïa

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EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, madness), from παράνοος (paránoos, demented), from παρά (pará, beyond, beside) + νόος (nóos, mind, spirit).

Surface analysis is para- (abnormal, beyond) +‎ nous (mind) +‎ -ia ((medical) condition).

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paranoia (countable and uncountable, plural paranoias or (archaic) paranoiæ)

  1. 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
  2. Extreme, irrational distrust of others.

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  • ‖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]

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EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, madness).

NounEdit

paranoia f (plural paranoies)

  1. paranoia

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CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, madness).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈparanoja]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧noia

NounEdit

paranoia f

  1. paranoia
    Synonym: stihomam

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Further readingEdit

  • paranoia in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • paranoia in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, madness).

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paranoia

  1. paranoia

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DutchEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, madness).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˌpaː.raːˈnoː.jaː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧noia

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paranoia f (uncountable)

  1. (psychology) paranoia

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paranoia (not comparable)

  1. (informal) paranoid
    Synonym: paranoïde

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, madness).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑrɑnoi̯jɑ/, [ˈpɑrɑˌno̞i̯j(ː)ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -oija
  • Syllabification(key): pa‧ra‧noi‧a

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paranoia

  1. paranoia (delusion of persecution)
    Synonym: vainoharha
  2. paranoia (state of being paranoid)
    Synonym: vainoharhaisuus

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HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, madness).[1]

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɒrɒnojɒ]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧no‧ia
  • Rhymes: -jɒ

NounEdit

paranoia

  1. (psychology) paranoia (a psychotic disorder)

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
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
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

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ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ 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 readingEdit

  • 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

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EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, madness).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /pa.raˈnɔ.ja/
  • Rhymes: -ɔja
  • Syllabification: pa‧ra‧nò‧ia

NounEdit

paranoia f (plural paranoie)

  1. (psychology, figurative) paranoia

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EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, madness).

NounEdit

paranoia f (plural paranoias)

  1. paranoia (a psychotic disorder characterised by delusions of persecution)

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French paranoia.

NounEdit

paranoia f (uncountable)

  1. paranoia

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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, madness). More at paranoia.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /paɾaˈnoja/ [pa.ɾaˈno.ja]
  • Rhymes: -oja
  • Syllabification: pa‧ra‧no‧ia

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paranoia f (plural paranoias)

  1. paranoia

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paranoia c

  1. paranoia (psychiatric illness)
  2. paranoia (being paranoid)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of paranoia 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative paranoia paranoian paranoior paranoiorna
Genitive paranoias paranoians paranoiors paranoiornas

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