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paranoia

par·a·noi·a [ pàrrə nóy ə ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. distrust: extreme and unreasonable suspicion of other people and their motives

2. psychiatric disorder: a psychiatric disorder involving systematized delusion, usually of persecution

[Early 19th century. < Greek, "out of your mind" < nous "mind"]
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