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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, “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.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

paranoid (plural paranoids)

  1. A person suffering from paranoia.

Translations

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧no‧id

Adjective

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

  1. paranoid

Declension

Positive forms of paranoid
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist paranoid sie ist paranoid es ist paranoid sie sind paranoid
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative paranoider paranoide paranoides paranoide
genitive paranoiden paranoider paranoiden paranoider
dative paranoidem paranoider paranoidem paranoiden
accusative paranoiden paranoide paranoides paranoide
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der paranoide die paranoide das paranoide die paranoiden
genitive des paranoiden der paranoiden des paranoiden der paranoiden
dative dem paranoiden der paranoiden dem paranoiden den paranoiden
accusative den paranoiden die paranoide das paranoide die paranoiden
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein paranoider eine paranoide ein paranoides (keine) paranoiden
genitive eines paranoiden einer paranoiden eines paranoiden (keiner) paranoiden
dative einem paranoiden einer paranoiden einem paranoiden (keinen) paranoiden
accusative einen paranoiden eine paranoide ein paranoides (keine) paranoiden
Comparative forms of paranoid
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist paranoider sie ist paranoider es ist paranoider sie sind paranoider
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative paranoiderer paranoidere paranoideres paranoidere
genitive paranoideren paranoiderer paranoideren paranoiderer
dative paranoiderem paranoiderer paranoiderem paranoideren
accusative paranoideren paranoidere paranoideres paranoidere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der paranoidere die paranoidere das paranoidere die paranoideren
genitive des paranoideren der paranoideren des paranoideren der paranoideren
dative dem paranoideren der paranoideren dem paranoideren den paranoideren
accusative den paranoideren die paranoidere das paranoidere die paranoideren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein paranoiderer eine paranoidere ein paranoideres (keine) paranoideren
genitive eines paranoideren einer paranoideren eines paranoideren (keiner) paranoideren
dative einem paranoideren einer paranoideren einem paranoideren (keinen) paranoideren
accusative einen paranoideren eine paranoidere ein paranoideres (keine) paranoideren
Superlative forms of paranoid
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am paranoidesten sie ist am paranoidesten es ist am paranoidesten sie sind am paranoidesten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative paranoidester paranoideste paranoidestes paranoideste
genitive paranoidesten paranoidester paranoidesten paranoidester
dative paranoidestem paranoidester paranoidestem paranoidesten
accusative paranoidesten paranoideste paranoidestes paranoideste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der paranoideste die paranoideste das paranoideste die paranoidesten
genitive des paranoidesten der paranoidesten des paranoidesten der paranoidesten
dative dem paranoidesten der paranoidesten dem paranoidesten den paranoidesten
accusative den paranoidesten die paranoideste das paranoideste die paranoidesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein paranoidester eine paranoideste ein paranoidestes (keine) paranoidesten
genitive eines paranoidesten einer paranoidesten eines paranoidesten (keiner) paranoidesten
dative einem paranoidesten einer paranoidesten einem paranoidesten (keinen) paranoidesten
accusative einen paranoidesten eine paranoideste ein paranoidestes (keine) paranoidesten

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from English paranoid.

Noun

paranoid (comparative lebih paranoid, superlative paling paranoid)

  1. paranoid

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German paranoid or French paranoïde.

Noun

paranoid m (plural paranoizi)

  1. paranoid

Declension

Declension of paranoid
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative paranoid paranoidul paranoizi paranoizii
genitive-dative paranoid paranoidului paranoizi paranoizilor
vocative paranoidule paranoizilor

References

  • paranoid in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

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 superlative1
common singular paranoid paranoidare paranoidast
neuter singular paranoit paranoidare paranoidast
plural paranoida paranoidare paranoidast
masculine plural2 paranoide paranoidare paranoidast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 paranoide paranoidare paranoidaste
all paranoida paranoidare paranoidaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

See also

References

Wikious
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