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paranoid personality disorder

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables
para-noid per-son-al-i-ty dis-or-der
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
8
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mental disorder characterized by paranoia and a pervasive, long-standing suspiciousness and generalized mistrust of others.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

paranoid personality disorders (plural) paranoid-personality disorder (alternative)

Phrases

paranoid schizophrenia schizoid personality disorder schizotypal personality disorder

Frequently Paired Words

paranoid schizophrenia schizoid personality disorder schizotypal personality disorder schizothymia

Synonyms

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Questions

What does paranoid personality disorder mean?
A mental disorder characterized by paranoia and a pervasive, long-standing suspiciousness and generalized mistrust of others.

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