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
The report also says that because of abnormal heart activity, high blood pressure and paranoia, Estupinan had been prescribed three powerful drugs generally used for treating psychiatric problems.
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Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 26 June 2025
If 28 Days Later presaged our post-9/11 paranoia and dread, 28 Years Later settles into the resigned gloom of our modern age, where everything is rubbish and only getting worse.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 20 June 2025
This was not mere paranoia, the historian Marc-William Palen has shown.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
As fear blurs into paranoia, the film explores the unsettling reality of surveillance, obsession and the quiet dread of being followed.
Stomach It | 2024 | United States | Peter Klausner | A crime scene cleaner struggles with emotionally detaching from the deceased’s personal possessions.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 June 2025
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Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 26 June 2025
If 28 Days Later presaged our post-9/11 paranoia and dread, 28 Years Later settles into the resigned gloom of our modern age, where everything is rubbish and only getting worse.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 20 June 2025
This was not mere paranoia, the historian Marc-William Palen has shown.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
As fear blurs into paranoia, the film explores the unsettling reality of surveillance, obsession and the quiet dread of being followed.
Stomach It | 2024 | United States | Peter Klausner | A crime scene cleaner struggles with emotionally detaching from the deceased’s personal possessions.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paranoia
Noun
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This can cause unnecessary anxiety and concern for the dog.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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This is the current situation: Certainly, a trend of appreciating precious metals is at work, but there is also the theme of ‘strategic and critical metals’ anxiety pushing platinum.—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
Noun
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In seconds, content appears without shipping or physical storage concerns.—
Vikrant Shaurya,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Privacy and security concerns with smart thermostats These programs also raise important data privacy concerns.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Dexter stalks his next victim (Marc Menchaca) — a killer who targets ride-share drivers — while the ghost of his father Harry (James Remar) urges him to be careful, and a fidgety Harrison tries to evade police suspicions.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
10 July 2025
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That new regime’s anti-Western stance put it on a path to conflict with the United States and Israel, and created their long-standing suspicion that Iran’s nuclear program was not purely civilian, as Tehran claimed, but also involved clandestine efforts to develop weapons.—
Roya Hakakian,
The Atlantic,
10 July 2025
Noun
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That play had Rodón raising his arms in disbelief, as well as appreciation.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
12 July 2025
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In the Waldorf’s case, the contractor called SOM in disbelief.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
10 July 2025
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“Paranoia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paranoia. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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