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paranoid personality disorder

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences

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19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: paranoid şəxsiyyət pozğunluğu — personality disorder
  • Catalan: trastorn paranoide de la personalitat — personality disorder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 偏執型人格障礙 /偏执型人格障碍 (piānzhíxíng réngé zhàng'ài) — personality disorder
  • Danish: paranoid personlighedsforstyrrelse — personality disorder
  • Danish: paranoid personlighedsstruktur — personality disorder
  • Dutch: paranoïde persoonlijkheidsstoornis — personality disorder
  • Finnish: epäluuloinen persoonallisuus — personality disorder
  • French: trouble de la personnalité paranoïaque — personality disorder
  • German: paranoide Persönlichkeitsstörung — personality disorder
  • Indonesian: gangguan kepribadian paranoid — personality disorder
  • Italian: disturbo paranoide di personalità — personality disorder
  • Japanese: 妄想性パーソナリティ障害 (mōsōsei pāsonariti shōgai) — personality disorder
  • Korean: 편집성 성격 장애 (pyeonjipseong seonggyeok jang'ae) — personality disorder
  • Polish: osobowość paranoiczna — personality disorder
  • Portuguese: transtorno de personalidade paranóica — personality disorder
  • Russian: параноидальное расстройство личности (paranoidalʹnoje rasstrojstvo ličnosti) — personality disorder
  • Spanish: trastorno paranoide de la personalidad — personality disorder
  • Turkish: paranoyak kişilik bozukluğu — personality disorder
  • Ukrainian: параноїдний розлад особистості (paranojidnyj rozlad osobystosti) — personality disorder