paranoia
US: /ˌpɛɹəˈnɔɪə/
UK: /pˈæɹənˌɔɪɐ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
paranoia /,pærə'ni:ə/ (paranoia) /,pærə'nɔiə/- danh từ
- (y học) Paranoia, chứng hoang tưởng bộ phận
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun [U]1 (medical) a mental illness in which a person may wrongly believe that other people are trying to harm them, that they are sb very important, etc.
2 (informal) fear or suspicion of other people when there is no evidence or reason for this
Collocation
ADJ.
increasing, mounting
VERB + PARANOIA
suffer from | border on, verge on
Her passion for cleanliness borders on paranoia.
PARANOIA + VERB
afflict sb
Concise dictionary
paranoias‚pærə'nɔɪənoun
+a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur
