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English
Etymology
From paranoia + -ac.
Pronunciation
Adjective
paranoiac (comparative more paranoiac, superlative most paranoiac)
- Pertaining to, or exhibiting, paranoia.
1980 December 13, Ray Olson, “Shorct Sighted And Silly”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 21, page 4:Calm yourselves. The hysteria and opulent paranoiac fantasies that have spread over GCN’s pages in the wake of the general election constitute a reaction both shortsighted and silly.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
paranoiac (plural paranoiacs)
- Somebody who has paranoia, a paranoid person.
Synonyms
Translations
somebody who has paranoia
— see paranoid