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paranoid, a. and n.|ˈpærənɔɪd|
[Irreg. f. paranoia + -oid.]
A. adj. Resembling or characterized by paranoia; also used colloq., transf., and fig. So paraˈnoidal a.
1904Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Oct. 972 The collective grouping of hebephrenia, katanoia, and the paranoid forms makes so vast a congeries that it is impossible to perceive any connecting link between the items of the mass. 1904tr. Kraepelin's Lect. Clin. Psychiatry 151 Paranoidal forms of Dementia Præcox. 1919R. M. Barclay tr. Kraepelin's Dementia Praecox & Paraphrenia 195 Paranoid Weak-mindedness. Ibid. 252 Paranoid Forms. Ibid. 253 Delusions and hallucinations of quite the same kind, as we see them in paranoid cases, occur also in most of the remaining forms of dementia præcox. 1954Koestler Invis. Writing xxv. 270 The paranoid tendencies inherent in the movement. 1961L. Mumford City in Hist. ii. 39 A paranoid psychal structure was preserved and transmitted by the walled city. 1967M. Argyle Psychol. Interpersonal Behaviour viii. 135 Paranoid reactions are closely related to schizophrenia. Where there is personality disintegration but with rather more systematic delusions this is called paranoid schizophrenia. 1970Guardian Weekly 28 Feb. 19/1 The sort of international news letters run by paranoid ex-generals. 1974Guardian 13 June 10/3 Those paranoid placards with their Red Rats and Hot Seats for Traitors and Fry 'em.
B. n. A person afflicted with, or showing symptoms of, paranoia.
1922Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Oct. 113 In discussing the case of paranoids, Neisser writes, ‘the patient is progressively less able to exert an independent control over the course of his presentations’. 1938S. Beckett Murphy ix. 167 Paranoids, feverishly covering sheets of paper with complaints against their treatment. 1950T. Sugrue in M. Hay Foot of Pride p. xix, The rabble-rousing race bigots who peddle hate and fear to simpletons and paranoids. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Sept. 495/4 The racy blend of anecdote and psychological jargon produce..a basic Hindu paranoid with suppressed homosexual tendencies, who is never precisely related to particular Hindus. 1967Listener 9 Feb. 186/2 Naive Russian advisers might even believe that only the paranoid would see a Russian defence system as threatening the United States. 1967M. Argyle Psychol. Interpersonal Behaviour viii. 136 Paranoids feel that they are being plotted against, spied upon, or otherwise victimized, and that this is the explanation of their failures. 1976G. McDonald Confess, Fletch (1977) xiii. 55 Even paranoids have enemies. |