Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paranoiac

/ˌpæɹəˈnɔɪæk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables: para-noiac
IPA: /ˌpæɹəˈnɔɪæk/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to, or exhibiting, paranoia.

noun

Somebody who has paranoia, a paranoid person.

Example Sentences

"Calm yourselves. The hysteria and opulent paranoiac fantasies that have spread over GCN’s pages in the wake of the general election constitute a reaction both shortsighted and silly."
""Prove to me that I'm wrong when I say you are all just like person X from your group!" This is the cry of the bigot, the paranoiac, the pigeonholer, the witchhunter. Why need we prove what is self-evident?"

Etymology

From paranoia + -ac.

Inflected Forms

more paranoiac (comparative) most paranoiac (superlative) paranœac (alternative, obsolete) paranoic (alternative) paranoiacs (plural)

Derived Forms

paranoiacally

Phrases

paranoiac-critical

Synonyms

paranœic paranoid

Questions

How do you pronounce paranoiac?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpæɹəˈnɔɪæk/.
What does paranoiac mean?: Pertaining to, or exhibiting, paranoia.
Where does paranoiac come from?: From paranoia + -ac.

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