as in anxiety
a feeling that one does not know the whole truth or that someone else is not being truthful
Each half of the unhappy couple was constantly wracked with paranoia that the other was cheating.
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Recent Examples of paranoia
And the show’s jittery surrealism feels more evocative of contemporary paranoia than the flawed realism of so many recent thrillers (ahem, Zero Day, ahem).
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Judy Berman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
Maybe his best-ever screen performance came in 1974 with The Conversation, Francis Ford Coppola’s masterful exploration of paranoia.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
Come for the paranoia and tribalism, stay for the gut-punch ending.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
When Tithi cannot conceive, her partner Rahi becomes pregnant, leading to a descent into paranoia fueled by societal harassment and dark secrets about the pregnancy itself.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Feb. 2025
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Judy Berman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
Maybe his best-ever screen performance came in 1974 with The Conversation, Francis Ford Coppola’s masterful exploration of paranoia.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
Come for the paranoia and tribalism, stay for the gut-punch ending.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
When Tithi cannot conceive, her partner Rahi becomes pregnant, leading to a descent into paranoia fueled by societal harassment and dark secrets about the pregnancy itself.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paranoia
Noun
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Extreme deficits may lead to obsessive food tracking, anxiety around eating, or disordered eating patterns.—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
19 Mar. 2025
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The series is less a procedural crime drama than a social portrait diving headfirst into the simmering cultural anxiety around boys and young men in the age of incels, male dislocation, and toxic podcasts.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The pullbacks in nonessential areas like restaurants and airline travel signals consumers might be turning their concerns about the economy into tighter budgets.—
Austin Denean,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Mar. 2025
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Ofcom did not respond to Ars' request to comment on whether Ofcom currently has concerns about X or any other big platforms' compliance, only re-sharing information from the press release regarding top priorities as enforcement begins.—
Ashley Belanger,
Ars Technica,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Such sticker shocks frustrate consumers and raise suspicions of price gouging.—
Greg Petro,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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No one’s immune from suspicion, not even Kathryn, who has a way of smiling and purring through her answers to anyone’s questions.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2025
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There is still much disbelief at why Washington, in skeptics’ view, appears to be rewarding the aggressor by favoring negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.—
Keir Simmons,
NBC News,
11 Mar. 2025
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Day said with exaggerated disbelief, prompting laughter from the studio audience.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Paranoia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paranoia. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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