PARANOIAS Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

paranoia

noun

Definition of paranoia

as in anxiety

a feeling that one does not know the whole truth or that someone else is not being truthful Each half of the unhappy couple was constantly wracked with paranoia that the other was cheating.

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Recent Examples of paranoia Yet rule by spy hunting and paranoia has also come with significant costs. — Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026 The potential to tap into the ambient paranoia of our current militarized age goes unfulfilled. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026 See, even their relationship paranoias reflect and complement each other! — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026 There’s little tension or drive, just shaggy scenes about paranoia, trust and hope. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for paranoia

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Off-camera, though, Hansen’s self-loathing and anxiety are off the charts.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026
Since the assault, the woman has experienced post-traumatic stress disorder, severe anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of anxiety

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Dmitriy Mazurov plays successful company director Gleb, whose seemingly perfect life starts to unravel, not due to the conflict however, but rather his suspicions that his wife (Iris Lebedeva) is having an affair.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
Part of the investigation’s task was to examine the response of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), including whether senior staff should have responded differently when suspicions about Letby’s behavior were eventually raised.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of suspicion

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The disbelief at billowing black smoke from a gash in the Pentagon and collapsing skyscrapers of steel, the dread over what attacks might yet come, the hope that people might be pulled from the rubble alive.

— Ann Gerhart, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2026
Dorothy and Jillian were also in disbelief, but totally engaged.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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