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also paranoic
as in paranoid
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paranoiac
Adjective
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Elizabeth became increasingly paranoid over the course of her 45-year reign, fearing a coup by subjects who clung to their Catholicism and favored another claim to the throne.—
Sarah Holzmann,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Feb. 2025 -
Pino had previously committed Richard to a psychiatric hospital under the state’s Baker Act, one of nine times Richard was involuntarily committed; diagnosed variously as suicidal, paranoid, delusional and bipolar; given temporary stabilizing medication, and released within days.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Some people actually became less neurotic—that is, less depressed and anxious—after, say, a cancer diagnosis.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
18 Feb. 2025
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The sardonic, neurotic, introspective style of humor reflecting the ambivalence of postwar Jewish-American aspirations for assimilation, was reflected in the works of comedians from Woody Allen to Jerry Seinfeld.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The idea of a schizoid Lady M is not entirely without appeal, but despite strong performances across the board, the work runs aground fast.—
Rhoda Feng,
Washington Post,
14 Apr. 2024
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The entire movie, of course, was a goof, a schizoid cardboard Vaudeville horror burlesque shot in two days and a night by Roger Corman.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2024
Adjective
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In one scene together, Alec and Hilaria discuss the 30 Rock alum's obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Baldwin is shown cleaning the interior of a garbage can; Hilaria and one of his children gently rib him and describe him as obsessive-compulsive.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Rankin’s formative movies usually milked a faux-biopic format and played like delirious, black-and-white fever dreams, smothered with generous amounts of Absurdism pushed past its limits and self-deprecating Canadian in-jokes.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Feb. 2025
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The money goes to the family of the 10-year-old boy who corralled the ball in the right-field bleachers at Dodger Stadium amid the delirious celebration after Freeman homered with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning, and the Dodgers one out away from defeat.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Everyone else who isn’t a sociopathic weirdo will be tuned in to the Big Game.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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DiCaprio starred in the film as the sociopathic slave owner Calvin Candie.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In the past, Jamil has openly discussed her own journey recovering from anorexia and disordered eating.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
27 Dec. 2024
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Thus did the conservative loose cannonballs come eventually to dominate the GOP—and define our disordered political era.—
Daniel Schlozman & Sam Rosenfeld / Made by History,
TIME,
10 June 2024
Adjective
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The project will require trenching under the pathway and Dish’s agreement with the city is to restore any disturbed areas from the routing to existing conditions or better.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Jan. 2025
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When the soil or plant material is disturbed, tiny spores can be released into the air.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Paranoiac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paranoiac. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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