All 5 Uses of
paranoid
in
The Pigman
- They call that paranoia.†
Chpt 2
- I knew that because some magazine did a whole article on mental disturbances, and after I read the symptoms of each of them, I realized I had all of them—but most of all I had paranoia.†
Chpt 2
- I had forgotten that stuff about paranoia in that magazine Lorraine gave me to read about seven months ago.†
Chpt 3 *
- If that isn't enough to give an animal paranoia, I don't know what is.†
Chpt 6
- It's like paranoia in reverse when people are really calling you insulting things and you deliberately pretend they aren't.†
Chpt 9
Definitions:
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(1)
(paranoid used casually) excessively suspicious that others want to harm you; or excessively fearful
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(2)
(paranoid used clinically) suffering from a psychological disorder characterized by excessive distrust of others -- thinking "they are out to get me"