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paranoid

[par-uh-noid] / ˈpær əˌnɔɪd /
ADJECTIVE
affected by paranoia
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But their tentative affair is secondary to the complex bond between Ali and Jersey, whose troubled connection with Davis helps Ali understand why her mother is so paranoid about her romantic choices.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

As the old joke has it, you’re not paranoid if someone is really following you.

From Slate • May 9, 2026

He led Intel to unimaginable heights, wrote management texts and coined the mantra “only the paranoid survive.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

He also poked at Jones, a star of the paranoid, far-right fringe, for losing a massive defamation lawsuit filed by the parents of children killed in a 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

Soon after the August massacres, he was hit by a volley of paranoid hallucinations.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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