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What does paranoia mean?

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Noun
  1. A psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution, conspiracy and perceived threat against the person, often associated with false accusations and general mistrust of others
  2. Extreme, irrational distrust of others.
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Happily, the spy flick trappings are a mere smokescreen for the film's clever satire of Middle American society and Cold War paranoia.
They do whatever it takes to paint the blackest possible picture and bind their supporters to them with unreasoning bonds of paranoia.
After a while I found myself hit by a wave of fatigue, paranoia and depression, but an hour's kip and a wander round the shops worked wonders.
The narcissistic presumption of centrality that underpins paranoia here gives birth to semiotic solipsism.
Kingsley plays Ford in a near-hysterical key throughout, his jealousy tinged with full-blown paranoia.
I agree with Mr. Jenkins, I think you can work yourself into a state of real paranoia here if you're not careful.

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