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
If Langdon slid into twitchy paranoia more quickly?
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
There are strong undercurrents of paranoia, shamanism, and even cult worship.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
That’s not paranoia — that’s your intuition sending you life-saving data.
—Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
This country’s Cold War paranoia left it riddled with bunkers.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
There are strong undercurrents of paranoia, shamanism, and even cult worship.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
That’s not paranoia — that’s your intuition sending you life-saving data.
—Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
This country’s Cold War paranoia left it riddled with bunkers.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for paranoia
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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Some patients who try to quit benzodiazepines suffer extreme anxiety, memory loss and intense physical pain.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Moon said his goal is to represent the concerns of his neighbors, pointing to the $70,000 that has been raised to fulfill the task at hand.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Mar. 2025
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Utah has become the first state in the U.S. to ban adding fluoride to its public drinking water systems as concerns about the decades-long practice continue to grow, fueled in part by the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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While some nations view golden visas with suspicion, Americans are flocking to them.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
20 Mar. 2025
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In the Netflix series, a 13-year-old boy named Jamie Miller is arrested on the suspicion of murder and presented with CCTV footage of himself fatally stabbing a female classmate named Katie Leonard.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Seconds later, Flyers defenceman Nick Seeler raised his head in disbelief.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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When his victory was confirmed, Hendrickson fell to his back in disbelief as he was mobbed by his coaching staff while Steveson rested on his knees in amazement.—
Ben Morse,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Paranoia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paranoia. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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