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Definition of Paranoia

Paranoia

  1. A chronic form of insanity characterized by very gradual impairment of the intellect, systematized delusion, and usually by delusious of persecution or mandatory delusions producing homicidal tendency. In its mild form paranoia may consist in the well-marked crotchetiness exhibited in persons commonly called "cranks." Paranoiacs usually show evidences of bodily and nervous degeneration, and many have hallucinations, esp. of sight and hearing.
  2. Mental derangement; insanity.

Paranoia Quotations

I don't believe in fate or destiny. I believe in various degrees of hatred, paranoia, and abandonment. However much of that gets heaped upon you doesn't matter - it's only a matter of how much you can take and what it does to you.
Henry Rollins

This is a do-it-yourself test for paranoia: you know you've got it when you can't think of anything that's your fault.
Robert M. Hutchins

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.
William S. Burroughs

I'm scared to death of being poor. It's like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. It's my pet paranoia.
Cher

I always feel like an interloper when I do serious drama. It's my own paranoia.
Johnny Vegas
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Paranoia Translations

paranoia in Dutch is paranoia
paranoia in German is Paranoia
paranoia in Spanish is paranoia

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