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paranoia
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)
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- (psychology) paranoia
Related terms
- paranoïcus
- paranoïde
Adjective
paranoia (not comparable)
- (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
- (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)
- (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)
- paranoia (a psychotic disorder characterised by delusions of persecution)
Romanian
Etymology
From French paranoia
Noun
paranoia f (uncountable)
- 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)
- paranoia
Derived terms
- paranoico
- paranoide
Further reading
- “paranoia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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schizophrenia
English
Etymology
First attested 1908, from New Latin schizophrenia, from German Schizophrenie, coined by Eugen Bleuler, from Ancient Greek ????? (skhíz?, “to split”) + ???? (phr?n, “mind, heart, diaphragm”) + -ia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sk?t.s??f?i?.ni.?/, /?sk?t.s??f??.ni.?/, /?sk?z.??f?i?.ni.?/
Noun
schizophrenia (countable and uncountable, plural schizophrenias)
- (pathology) A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness characterised by abnormal perception, thinking, behavior and emotion, often marked by delusions.
- (informal, figuratively) Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist; a lack of decision between options.
- 2006, Bertus Praeg, Ethiopia and Political Renaissance in Africa (page 213)
- […] one can understand how the cultural disorientation which beset the African Continent has confused Africa's political behaviour, creating a political schizophrenia that made nation-building impossible.
- 2006, Bertus Praeg, Ethiopia and Political Renaissance in Africa (page 213)
Usage notes
- In popular usage, the term is often confused with dissociative identity disorder (also known as multiple personality disorder).
Synonyms
- dementia praecox
- schizophrenic disorder
- schizophrenic psychosis
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- schizothymia
- schizoid personality disorder
- paranoid personality disorder
- schizotypal personality disorder
- autism
References
- schizophrenia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “schizophrenia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary“schizophrenia” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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