paranoid

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English

Etymology

From paranoia +‎ -oid.

Pronunciation

Adjective

paranoid (comparative more paranoid, superlative most paranoid)

  1. Of, related to, or suffering from clinical paranoia.
  2. (informal) Exhibiting excessive fear, suspicion, or distrust.
    • 1984, Rockwell (lyrics and music), “Somebody's Watching Me”:
      But can the people on TV see me or am I just paranoid?
    • 2003, Nelson DeMille, Plum Island:
      People generally want to believe good news, and Max was so paranoid about germs that he'd really love to believe Plum Island was spewing antibiotics and vaccine into the air.

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Translations

Noun

paranoid (plural paranoids)

  1. A person suffering from paranoia.

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German

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  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧no‧id

Adjective

paranoid (strong nominative masculine singular paranoider, comparative paranoider, superlative am paranoidesten)

  1. paranoid

Declension

Further reading

  • paranoid” in Duden online
  • paranoid” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

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Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from English paranoid.

Noun

paranoid

  1. paranoid

Further reading

Swedish

Adjective

paranoid (comparative paranoidare, superlative paranoidast)

  1. paranoid

Usage notes

The singular indefinite neuter is avoided according to the references, but "paranoit" is what would intuitively be expected (and is attested).

Declension

Inflection of paranoid
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular paranoid paranoidare paranoidast
Neuter singular paranoit paranoidare paranoidast
Plural paranoida paranoidare paranoidast
Masculine plural3 paranoide paranoidare paranoidast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 paranoide paranoidare paranoidaste
All paranoida paranoidare paranoidaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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