different between naive vs paranoia

English

Alternative forms

• naïve

Etymology

Borrowed from French naïve, from Latin nativus (“native, natural”). Doublet of native.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na??i?v/, /n???i?v/
• Rhymes: -i?v

Adjective

naive (comparative more naive, superlative most naive)

1. Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
2. Not having been exposed to something.
   • 2011, Lila Miller, Kate Hurley, Infectious Disease Management in Animal Shelters

     Animals entering shelters are either (a) immunologically naïve and susceptible to infection and development of disease if exposed to pathogens; (b) already immune […]

3. (of art) Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
4. (computing) Intuitive; designed to follow the way ordinary people approach a problem.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:naive

Antonyms

• See also Thesaurus:naive

Derived terms

Related terms

• naif
• naïf

Translations

Noun

naive (plural naives)

1. A naive person; a greenhorn.

Anagrams

• avine, naevi, navie, nævi

Danish

Adjective

naive

1. inflection of naiv:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Esperanto

Etymology

From naiva +? -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na?ive/
• Hyphenation: na?i?ve
• Rhymes: -ive

Adverb

naive

1. naively

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

naive

1. inflection of naiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

naive

1. definite singular/plural of naiv

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

naive

1. definite singular/plural of naiv

Swedish

Adjective

naive

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of naiv.

English

Alternative forms

• paranœa, paranoea (obsolete, rare)
• paranoïa (rare)

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ???????? (paránoia, “madness”), from ???????? (paránoos, “demented”), from ???? (pará, “beyond, beside”) + ???? (nóos, “mind, spirit”).

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pæ?.??n??.?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??.??n??.?/
• Rhymes: -??.?
• Hyphenation: pa?ra?noia

Noun

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

1. A psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution, conspiracy and perceived threat against the person, often associated with false accusations and general mistrust of others

   Antonym: pronoia

2. Extreme, irrational distrust of others.

Derived terms

Related terms

• See: nous#Related terms
• See: para-#Derived terms

Translations

References

• “?Paranoia, paranœa” listed on page 460 of volume VII (O, P) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1909]
  ???Paranoia (pær?noi·?), paranœa (-n?·?).?Path.?[mod.L. a. Gr. ????????, f. ??????-?? distracted, f. ????- beside + ??-??, ???? 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

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ???????? (paránoia, “madness”).

Noun

paranoia f (plural paranoies)

1. paranoia

Related terms

• paranoic

Further reading

• “paranoia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ???????? (paránoia, “madness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?paranoja]
• Hyphenation: pa?ra?noia

Noun

paranoia f

1. paranoia

   Synonym: stihomam

Declension

Related terms

• paranoidní
• paranoik

Further reading

• paranoia in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• paranoia in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ???????? (paránoia, “madness”).

Noun

paranoia

1. paranoia

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ???????? (paránoia, “madness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa?.ra??no?.ja?/
• Hyphenation: pa?ra?noia

Noun

paranoia f (uncountable)

1. (psychology) paranoia

Related terms

• paranoïcus
• paranoïde

Adjective

paranoia (not comparable)

1. (informal) paranoid

   Synonym: paranoïde

Hungarian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ???????? (paránoia, “madness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?r?noj?]
• Hyphenation: pa?ra?no?ia
• Rhymes: -j?

Noun

paranoia

1. (psychology) paranoia (a psychotic disorder)

Declension

Derived terms

• paranoiás

References

Further reading

• paranoia in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Italian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ???????? (paránoia, “madness”).

Noun

paranoia f (plural paranoie)

1. (psychology, figuratively) paranoia

Related terms

• paranoico
• paranoide

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• paranóia (obsolete form)

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ???????? (paránoia, “madness”).

Noun

paranoia f (plural paranoias)

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French paranoia

Noun

paranoia f (uncountable)

1. paranoia

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (paránoia, “madness”). More at paranoia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?a?noja/, [pa.?a?no.ja]
• Hyphenation: pa?ra?no?ia

Noun

paranoia f (plural paranoias)

1. paranoia

Derived terms

• paranoico
• paranoide

Further reading

• “paranoia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.