🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

偏执狂

Pronunciation / Transliteration: piān zhí kuáng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
paranoia/ˌpær.əˈnɔɪ.ə/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他最近总是疑神疑鬼,有些偏执狂的症状。"

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As noun
  1. 1

    A mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution, unwarranted jealousy, or exaggerated self-importance, typically worked into an organized system.

    "His constant suspicion about his colleagues borders on paranoia."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Modern Latin, from Greek paranoia 'madness, derangement', from paranous 'deranged', from para- 'beside, abnormal' + nous 'mind'.

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