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also paranoic
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paranoiac
Adjective
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Don’t be paranoid, just be honest with yourself (and your wallet).—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025 -
What follows is a crusade of detours, espionage and a paranoid struggle to preserve a vanishing world — and the only home he’s ever known.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Eichner’s neurotic character is there to enlist Honey in learning the details of his boyfriend’s affair.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
26 Aug. 2025
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The family in the film has its problems, and not all of them get solved; in many ways, the parents of Parenthood are far more neurotic than the kids.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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According to court and police record, police were conducting a welfare check on Brown, where he was diagnosed as schizophrenic.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Hawley worked from a similar playbook with Legion, whose apparently schizophrenic superhero filtered a fast-evolving cultural conversation around mental illness through a psychedelic kaleidoscope, and especially Fargo.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The idea of a schizoid Lady M is not entirely without appeal, but despite strong performances across the board, the work runs aground fast.—
Rhoda Feng,
Washington Post,
14 Apr. 2024
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The entire movie, of course, was a goof, a schizoid cardboard Vaudeville horror burlesque shot in two days and a night by Roger Corman.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2024
Adjective
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There are many efforts underway by AI scholars, research labs, and AI makers to devise AI so that the AI can do a better job at coping with human delusional thinking.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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There have also been growing concerns about users forming emotional attachments to ChatGPT, in some cases resulting in delusional episodes and alienation from family, as reports from The New York Times and CNN have indicated.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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These range from perseverative behavior after damage to the frontal lobes, obsessive-compulsive disorders, repetitive actions in severe autism and in Tourette’s syndrome, all the way to self-destructive forms of addiction.—
Anil Seth,
Big Think,
20 Aug. 2025
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This underinformed and out-of-date article could have offered a good-faith exploration of obsessive-compulsive disorder.—
Harper’s Magazine,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The combination of mock-medieval silhouettes with all those big hats and acres of fabric in contrast with the lush sets somewhat brings to mind the delirious period pastiche design ethos of the late Derek Jarman, himself a production designer early in his career.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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Loktev makes her way into various apartments for commiserative gatherings and holiday celebrations — the midpoint of My Undesirable Friends is a delirious New Year’s party — where her hosts inevitably mention that their places are certainly bugged.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Given its plotting, Brooks’s movie could easily have made Iris into a harridan and Isaac into a sociopathic rogue.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Aug. 2025
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Instead, she’s blossomed into a talented, sociopathic agent, working for Caddis, a sinister spy organization led by David’s former partner, Juno (Piper Perabo).—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Paranoiac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paranoiac. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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