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Paranoiac

//ˌpæɹəˈnɔɪæk// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to, or exhibiting, paranoia.

    "Calm yourselves. The hysteria and opulent paranoiac fantasies that have spread over GCN’s pages in the wake of the general election constitute a reaction both shortsighted and silly."

Noun
  1. 1
    Somebody who has paranoia, a paranoid person.

    ""Prove to me that I'm wrong when I say you are all just like person X from your group!" This is the cry of the bigot, the paranoiac, the pigeonholer, the witchhunter. Why need we prove what is self-evident?"

  2. 2
    a person afflicted with paranoia wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From paranoia + -ac.

Etymology 2

From paranoia + -ac.

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