单词 | paranoid |
释义 | paranoidadj.n. A. adj. 1. Medicine. Of, relating to, or characterized by paranoia; exhibiting paranoia. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > schizophrenia > paranoia paranoic1857 paranoiac1892 paranoid1902 paranoidal1904 1902 A. R. Diefendorf tr. E. Kraepelin Clin. Psychiatry v. 188 The paranoid forms of dementia præcox..are characterized by the great prominence and persistence of delusions and hallucinations for several years. 1919 R. M. Barclay tr. E. Kraepelin Dementia Praecox & Paraphrenia 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. 1952 W. R. D. Fairbairn Psychoanal. Stud. Personality i. ii. 45 Whereas the hysteric overvalues objects in the outer world, the paranoid individual regards them as persecutors. 1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. ii. 39 A paranoid psychal structure was preserved and transmitted by the walled city. 1967 J. M. 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. 2004 Jrnl. Clin. Psychiatry 65 948 The risk of avoidant, dependent, and paranoid personality disorders was significantly greater among women than men. 2. More generally: exhibiting unnecessary or extreme fear; characterized by unreasonable or excessive suspicion of others. Cf. paranoia n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective] > excessively fearful overfearfula1639 paranoid1954 1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing xxv. 270 The paranoid tendencies inherent in the movement. 1970 Guardian Weekly 28 Feb. 19/1 The sort of international news letters run by paranoid ex-generals. 1980 A. Beattie Falling in Place (1981) xix. 259 At first when he would leave and call her half an hour later, an hour later, she got angry and accused him of being paranoid and checking on her. 2001 Times 5 Mar. i. 18/4 Her Majesty really could claim to speak for her paranoid people this time. B. n. A person exhibiting paranoia. Also more generally: a person showing unnecessary fear or an unreasonable and extreme suspicion of others (cf. paranoia n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > schizophrenia > paranoia > person paranoiac1885 paranoic1886 paranoid1921 1921 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Criminal Law & Criminol. 12 373 The presence of epileptics, mattoids, paranoids, paranoiacs, imbeciles and sexual perverts in our prison populations is a menace. 1938 S. Beckett Murphy ix. 167 Paranoids, feverishly covering sheets of paper with complaints against their treatment. 1950 T. Sugrue in M. Hay Foot of Pride p. xix The rabble-rousing race bigots who peddle hate and fear to simpletons and paranoids. 1967 J. M. 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. 1999 S. Stewart Sharking iii. 50 Sarah was one of those paranoids who wore factor 25 sunblock in December. Derivatives paraˈnoidal adj. rare = sense A. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > schizophrenia > paranoia paranoic1857 paranoiac1892 paranoid1902 paranoidal1904 1904 tr. E. Kraepelin Lect. Clin. Psychiatry 151 Paranoidal forms of Dementia Præcox. 1908 Practitioner Jan. 9 Paranoidal forms of alcoholic insanity may..be mistaken for early general paralysis. 1988 Canad. Jrnl. Psychiatry 33 14 More than half were considered paranoidal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1902 |
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