| slovo | definícia |
paranoia
(mass) | paranoia
- paranoja |
paranoia
(encz) | paranoia,paranoia n: Zdeněk Brož |
paranoia
(czen) | paranoia,paranoian: Zdeněk Brož |
paranoia
(gcide) | paranoia \par`a*noi"a\ (p[a^]r`[.a]*noi"[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
para`noia.]
1. (Med.) A chronic form of insanity characterized by very
gradual impairment of the intellect, systematized
delusion, and usually by delusions 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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. Unwarranted suspicion of the motives of others; -- used
colloquially in a non-technical sense. [Colloq.]
[PJC] |
paranoia
(wn) | paranoia
n 1: a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of
persecution or grandeur |
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paranoiac
(encz) | paranoiac,paranoický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Paranoiac
(gcide) | Paranoiac \Par`a*noi"ac\ (p[a^]r`[.a]*noi"[a^]k), a. (Med.)
Of or pertaining to paranoia; affected with, or
characteristic of, paranoia; paranoid.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]Paranoiac \Par`a*noi"ac\, n.
A person affected with paranoia.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
paranoiac
(wn) | paranoiac
n 1: a person afflicted with paranoia [syn: paranoid,
paranoiac] |
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