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8-letter words (1 found)

PARANOIA,

6-letter words (5 found)

ANOPIA,APORIA,PARIAN,PIRANA,PORINA,

5-letter words (10 found)

APIAN,APRON,NAIRA,NORIA,ORPIN,PIANO,PORIN,PRANA,PRION,PROIN,

4-letter words (29 found)

AIRN,ANOA,ARIA,ARNA,ARPA,INRO,IRON,NAOI,NAPA,NIPA,NOIR,NORI,PAAN,PAIN,PAIR,PARA,PIAN,PINA,PION,PIRN,PORN,PRAO,PROA,RAIA,RAIN,RANA,RANI,ROAN,ROIN,

3-letter words (27 found)

AIA,AIN,AIR,ANA,ANI,APO,ION,NAP,NIP,NOR,OAR,OPA,ORA,PAN,PAR,PIA,PIN,PIR,POA,POI,PRO,RAI,RAN,RAP,RIA,RIN,RIP,

2-letter words (15 found)

AA,AI,AN,AR,IN,IO,NA,NO,OI,ON,OP,OR,PA,PI,PO,

You can make 87 words from paranoia according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of paranoia

paranoia

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpæɹ.əˈnɔɪ.ə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpɛɹ.əˈnɔɪ.ə/, /ˌpæɹ.əˈnɔɪ.ə/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧noia
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪə

Noun

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.

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 (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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.ɾəˈnɔ.jə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [pa.ɾaˈnɔ.ja]

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 παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

paranoia f

  1. paranoia
    Synonym: stihomam

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

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

Danish

Etymology

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

Noun

paranoia

  1. paranoia

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

paranoia f (uncountable)

  1. (psychology) paranoia

Related terms

  • paranoïcus
  • paranoïde

Adjective

paranoia (not comparable)

  1. (informal) paranoid
    Synonym: paranoïde

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

paranoia

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

Declension

Related terms

  • paranoidi

Further reading

  • “paranoia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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 értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

paranoia f (plural paranoie)

  1. (psychology, figurative) paranoia

Related terms

  • paranoico
  • paranoide

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • paranóia (obsolete form)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧noi‧a

Noun

paranoia f (plural paranoias)

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French paranoia.

Noun

paranoia f (uncountable)

  1. paranoia

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”). More at paranoia.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

paranoia f (plural paranoias)

  1. paranoia

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

paranoia c

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

Declension

Related terms

  • paranoid

See also

  • förföljelsemani
  • noja

References

  • paranoia in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • paranoia in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

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