paranoiac
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpæɹəˈnɔɪæk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
paranoiac (comparative more paranoiac, superlative most paranoiac)
- Pertaining to, or exhibiting, paranoia.
- 1980 December 13, Ray Olson, “Shorct Sighted And Silly”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 21, page 4:
- Calm yourselves. The hysteria and opulent paranoiac fantasies that have spread over GCN’s pages in the wake of the general election constitute a reaction both shortsighted and silly.
Derived terms
Translations
pertaining to paranoia
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Noun
paranoiac (plural paranoiacs)
- Somebody who has paranoia, a paranoid person.
- 1999 February 1, Shedona Chevalier, “Personal Power”, in Agapé, volume 2, number 1, page 2:
- "Prove to me that I'm wrong when I say you are all just like person X from your group!" This is the cry of the bigot, the paranoiac, the pigeonholer, the witchhunter. Why need we prove what is self-evident?
Synonyms
- paranœic (obsolete, rare)
Translations
somebody who has paranoia — see paranoid