paranoia
paranoia /ˌpær.əˈnɔɪ.ə/ aep /ˌper-/ noun
1 F0 [C or U] an extreme and unreasonable feeling that other people do not like you or are going to harm or criticize you: » There's a lot of paranoia about crime at the moment.Thesaurus+: ↑Mental and psychiatric disorders2 F0 [U] SPECIALIZED Someone who has paranoia has unreasonable false beliefs as a part of another mental illness, for example schizophrenia. Thesaurus+: ↑Mental and psychiatric disorders |