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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Paranoia  \Par`a*noi"a\,  n.  (Med.) 
  A  chronic  form  of  insanity  characterized  by  very  gradual 
  impairment  of  the  intellect,  systematized  delusion,  and 
  usually  by  delusious  of  persecution  or  mandatory  delusions 
  producing  homicidal  tendency.  In  its  mild  form  paranoia  may 
  consist  in  the  well-marked  crotchetiness  exhibited  in  persons 
  commonly  called  ``cranks.''  Paranoiacs  usually  show  evidences 
  of  bodily  and  nervous  degeneration,  and  many  have 
  hallucinations,  esp.  of  sight  and  hearing. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Paranoia  \Par`a*noi"a\  (p[a^]r`[.a]*noi"[.a]),  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr 
  para`noia.]  (Med.) 
  Mental  derangement;  insanity. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  paranoia 
  n  :  a  psychological  disorder  characterized  by  delusions  of 
  persecution  or  grandeur 




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