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
But the paranoia of the missing papers was impenetrable.
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Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
The first half of the film (a rather short watch at around 80 minutes plus lots of credits) plays a bit muted on the horror, playing more like a psychological thriller focusing on Sam’s isolation and the paranoia of being back on Earth.
—Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 8 Mar. 2025
How will these traditional tropes mix with paranoia, cult worship, and rat eating?
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
The giants, led by Goliath, are neat to behold, but Saul’s hallucinations quickly grow tiresome, the least interesting way to show a secure monarch succumbing to paranoia.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 27 Feb. 2025
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Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
The first half of the film (a rather short watch at around 80 minutes plus lots of credits) plays a bit muted on the horror, playing more like a psychological thriller focusing on Sam’s isolation and the paranoia of being back on Earth.
—Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 8 Mar. 2025
How will these traditional tropes mix with paranoia, cult worship, and rat eating?
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
The giants, led by Goliath, are neat to behold, but Saul’s hallucinations quickly grow tiresome, the least interesting way to show a secure monarch succumbing to paranoia.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paranoia
Noun
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Recently announced job cuts at Johns Hopkins University, one of Maryland’s largest employers, and tens of thousands of others across the nation, however, are happening with an unsettling speed and efficiency, leaving countless workers in a state of anxiety, uncertainty and despair.—
Alan M. Langlieb,
Baltimore Sun,
31 Mar. 2025
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They are marketed as an alternative for pain relief, anxiety, and sleep disorders.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That’s a major concern for media as advertisers review budgets.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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Now, in the case of the United States, there’s no concern whatsoever with what anybody thinks on the outside.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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The report concluded that the university administration had repeatedly failed to address the concerns of pro-Palestinian demonstrators and, instead, treated them with suspicion.—
Sharon Otterman,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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And there’s no way the Hatches, with their matriarch’s suspicion of television generally, would have gotten a color TV.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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Barrett looked around with his hands up in disbelief.—
Brian Sampson,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Booker threw her hands in the air to try to convince the referees, then threw her hands on her head in disbelief before heading to the bench.—
Matt Baker,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Paranoia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paranoia. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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