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Definition paranoia in British English

paranoia noun

[uncountable] noun
/ˌpærəˈnɔɪə/
1

the worried feeling that other people do not like you and are trying to harm you, although you have no proof of this

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2

a mental illness that makes people believe that other people do not like them and want to harm them

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Definition paranoia in British English