paranoid

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English

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Etymology

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From paranoia +‎ -oid.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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paranoid (comparative more paranoid, superlative most paranoid)

  1. Of, related to, or suffering from clinical paranoia.
  2. (informal) Exhibiting excessive fear, suspicion, or distrust.
    • 1984, Rockwell (lyrics and music), “Somebody's Watching Me”:
      But can the people on TV see me or am I just paranoid?
    • 2003, Nelson DeMille, Plum Island:
      People generally want to believe good news, and Max was so paranoid about germs that he'd really love to believe Plum Island was spewing antibiotics and vaccine into the air.

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Noun

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paranoid (plural paranoids)

  1. A person suffering from paranoia.

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Anagrams

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [paʁanoˈʔiːt]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧no‧id

Adjective

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paranoid (strong nominative masculine singular paranoider, comparative paranoider, superlative am paranoidesten)

  1. paranoid

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Further reading

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  • paranoid” in Duden online
  • paranoid” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology

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Internationalism, borrowed from English paranoid.

Noun

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paranoid

  1. paranoid
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Swedish

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Adjective

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paranoid (comparative paranoidare, superlative paranoidast)

  1. paranoid

Usage notes

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The singular indefinite neuter is avoided according to the references, but "paranoit" is what would intuitively be expected (and is attested).

Declension

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Inflection of paranoid
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular paranoid paranoidare paranoidast
Neuter singular paranoit paranoidare paranoidast
Plural paranoida paranoidare paranoidast
Masculine plural3 paranoide paranoidare paranoidast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 paranoide paranoidare paranoidaste
All paranoida paranoidare paranoidaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
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