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What does paranoia mean?

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Noun
  1. A psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution, conspiracy and perceived threat against the person, often associated with false accusations and general mistrust of others
  2. Extreme, irrational distrust of others.
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Back home he is racked by paranoia, loneliness and inextinguishable desire for Simone.
The refresh interval is set to three hours, a reasonable compromise between bandwidth conservation and paranoia.
It may well be the old congenital paranoia, but I detect more than a touch of wishful thinking here.
I agree with Mr. Jenkins, I think you can work yourself into a state of real paranoia here if you're not careful.
After a while I found myself hit by a wave of fatigue, paranoia and depression, but an hour's kip and a wander round the shops worked wonders.
Kerry Fox and Mark Rylance star as a couple whose wordless, adulterous affair descends into paranoia and self-destruction.

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