paranoia

Bauer pointed to the John Birch Society, an organization that engaged in paranoia reporting in the 1960s.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

Nor will media literacy programs, stronger education about viruses, centralized hubs for medical information, “prebunking” campaigns, or community engagement programs—all good ideas from experts that still cannot meet the sheer force of our paranoia.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

But the episode has "created a big paranoia in trusting any companies that are in charge of travel bookings," he says.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Also, how far they’ll push the deep-seated paranoia on which thrillers like this have not only thrived but helped to cultivate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

“It’s not paranoia, Dimple. I think it’s idealistic to trust people so completely. That’s why I don’t like going to parties.”

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

It’s an uncanny combination of paranoias and legitimate concerns, but it’s undeniably working.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2020

One such illusion is that increasing racial proximity by integrating schools and housing is a good way to break down racial animosities and paranoias.

From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2020

Kwak explores the nature of plastics — how they can convey both ideas of flexibility and paranoias about contamination — in a solo exhibition that also dwells on queerness and the body.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2020

YG’s present-day concerns and paranoias revitalized the heavy legacy of West Coast hip-hop, and the album became a contemporary classic, if there can be such a thing.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 13, 2018

I remembered the walls made of grain sacks and ammunition boxes, of my father’s fears and paranoias, his scriptures and prophecies.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover