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| par·a·noi·a [ pàrrə nóy ə ] |
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1. distrust: extreme and unreasonable suspicion of other people and their motives
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2. psychiatric disorder: a psychiatric disorder involving systematized delusion, usually of persecution
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| [Early 19th century. < Greek, "out of your mind" < nous "mind"] |
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