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paranoia about sth
about 后可接名词或动名词，表示恐惧或猜疑的对象。
His paranoia about being watched kept him from leaving the house.
他对被人监视的偏执使他不敢出门。
偏执狂；妄想症
paranoias — plural of paranoia
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
偏执狂；妄想症
a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur
His paranoia about being watched kept him from leaving the house.
他对被人监视的偏执使他不敢出门。
对他人的极端、非理性不信任。
Extreme, irrational distrust of others.
妄想症
a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur
His paranoia made him double-check the locks every night before going to bed.
他的偏执狂让他每天晚上睡觉前都要反复检查门锁。
The doctor explained that paranoia can be relieved through professional therapy.
医生解释说，偏执狂可以通过专业心理治疗得到缓解。
The team leader’s constant paranoia created a tense atmosphere in the office.
团队领导持续的偏执狂在办公室里造成了紧张的气氛。
about 后可接名词或动名词，表示恐惧或猜疑的对象。
His paranoia about being watched kept him from leaving the house.
他对被人监视的偏执使他不敢出门。
suffer from 用于表示患有某种疾病或持续的心理状态。
She suffers from paranoia and often believes strangers are following her.
她患有妄想症，常常以为有陌生人在跟踪她。
that 从句说明妄想或猜疑的具体内容，常用于 there is 句型。
There is a growing paranoia that the organization is hiding the truth.
人们越来越偏执地认为该组织在隐瞒真相。
Not this
He is paranoia about his health.
Use this
He is paranoid about his health.
paranoia是名词，表示“妄想症/偏执狂”，不能直接作表语形容词；要表达“对……多疑偏执的”需用形容词paranoid，后接about。
Not this
He has a paranoia that people are watching him.
Use this
He has paranoia that people are watching him.
paranoia表示“妄想症”时通常为不可数名词，前面不能加不定冠词a；表示“患妄想症”应说have/suffer from paranoia。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
患妄想症
After the break-in, he began to suffer from paranoia.
入室盗窃后，他开始患上了妄想症。
对……的偏执
Her paranoia about being watched made it hard for her to leave the house.
她对自己被监视的偏执使她很难出门。
轻微的偏执
He had a mild paranoia that his coworkers were talking about him.
他有一种轻微的偏执，觉得同事在议论他。
政治性偏执
The regime's political paranoia led it to spy on ordinary citizens.
该政权的政治偏执导致它监视普通公民。
助长偏执
The constant media coverage only fueled his paranoia.
不断的媒体报道只会助长他的偏执。
逐渐陷入偏执
Without treatment, his anxiety spiraled into full-blown paranoia.
如果不接受治疗，他的焦虑会逐渐发展为全面的偏执。
偏执是看清真相的能力。
A famous line from the 1997 film Conspiracy Theory, in which the character Jerry Fletcher uses it to defend his obsession with conspiracies.
这句经典台词出自1997年的电影《阴谋理论》，片中角色杰瑞·弗莱彻用它来为自己对阴谋的执迷辩护。
Use paranoias naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记成谐音“怕人哦呀”：总觉得旁人在害自己，就是妄想症。
语域：formal 常见场景：clinical psychology、psychiatric diagnosis、medical literature 在医学与心理学语境中，paranoia 属于正式用语，通常指以被害妄想或夸大妄想为特征的心理障碍，多用于临床诊断或专业讨论。
真正押韵的词：soya /ˈsɔɪə/、employer（英式 /ɪmˈplɔɪə/）与 paranoia 最后的 /nɔɪə/ 押韵；paranoid、paranormal、parody、paralegal 只是拼写上有相似的 para-/paranoi- 开头，发音并不相同，注意不要混淆。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.