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paranoia

[par-uh-noi-uh] / ˌpær əˈnɔɪ ə /


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There’s little tension or drive, just shaggy scenes about paranoia, trust and hope.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

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

I use the napkin anyway because I feel an intense paranoia that if I use their toilet paper, they will be even more pissed off with me than they already seem to be.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

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




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