• n. [心理] 偏执狂，[内科] 妄想狂

para-,在旁，在周围，-noia,思想，想法，词源同nous,matanoia.即胡思乱想，引申词义妄想症，偏执狂。

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.

她的洁癖近乎偏执.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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

俄罗斯情报机构要花很长时间才能消除西方的疑虑。

来自柯林斯例句

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

那是一种对战争既畏惧又期待的心理。

来自辞典例句

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

最近,我从一位精神病医生那里拿来一张妄想狂症状的单子.

来自辞典例句

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

毒副作用的一点就是产生幻觉, 成为妄想狂.

来自电影对白