• n. [心理] 偏執狂，[內科] 妄想狂

para-,在旁，在周圍，-noia,思想，想法，詞源同nous,matanoia.即胡思亂想，引申詞義妄想癥，偏執狂。

paranoia (n.)

"mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions," 1848 (earlier paranoea 1811), from Greek paranoia "mental derangement, madness," from paranoos "mentally ill, insane," from para- "beside, beyond" (see para- (1)) + noos "mind."

FOR several years frequent descriptions have been given in the foreign journals, especially German and Italian, of the forms of insanity designated by the names Paranoia, Verrücktkeit, and Wahnsinn. ["Paranoia -- Systematized Delusions and Mental Degenerations," J. Séglas (transl. William Noyes), 1888]

1. Her passion for cleanliness borders on paranoia.

她的潔癖近乎偏執.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. Russian intelligence will take a long time to quieten the paranoia of the West.

俄羅斯情報機構要花很長時間才能消除西方的疑慮。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The mood is one of paranoia and expectation of war.

那是一種對戰爭既畏懼又期待的心理。

來自辭典例句

4. I took a list of the traits of paranoia from a psychiatrist recently.

最近,我從一位精神病醫生那里拿來一張妄想狂癥狀的單子.

來自辭典例句

5. One of the side effects is hallucinations, paranoia.

毒副作用的一點就是產生幻覺, 成為妄想狂.

來自電影對白