Phrase guide

paranoid schizophrenia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A form of schizophrenia that is accompanied by delusions, either of persecution, grandeur or jealousy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: paranoic type schizophrenia, paraphrenic schizophrenia, paraphrenia

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis, dementia praecox

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Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: параноідная шызафрэнія (paranóidnaja šyzafrenija) — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Bulgarian: параноична шизофрения (paranoična šizofrenija) — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Catalan: esquizofrènia paranoide — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Chinese Mandarin: 偏執型分裂症 /偏执型分裂症 (piānzhíxíng fēnlièzhèng) — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Czech: paranoidní schizofrenie — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Danish: paranoid skizofreni — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Dutch: paranoïde schizofrenie — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Esperanto: paranoja skizofrenio — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Estonian: paranoidne skisofreenia — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Finnish: paranoidinen skitsofrenia — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • French: schizophrénie paranoïde — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Georgian: პარანოიდული შიზოფრენია (ṗaranoiduli šizoprenia) — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • German: Paranoide Schizophrenie — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Greek: παρανοειδής σχιζοφρένεια (paranoeidís schizofréneia) — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Hebrew: סכיזופרניה פרנואידית (skizofrenya paranoydit) — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Hungarian: paranoid skizofrénia — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Icelandic: ofsóknargeðklofi — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Italian: schizofrenia paranoide — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Japanese: 妄想型統合失調症 (mōsōkata tōgōshitchōshō) — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Korean: 망상형 정신 분열병 (mangsanghyeong jeongsin bunyeolbyeong) — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Latvian: paranoja šizofrēnija — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Lithuanian: paranoidinė šizofrenija — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Macedonian: параноидна шизофренија (paranoidna šizofrenija) — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Norwegian Bokmål: paranoid schizofreni — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: paranoid schizofreni — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Polish: schizofrenia paranoidalna — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Portuguese: esquizofrenia paranoide — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Romanian: schizofrenie paranoidă — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Russian: парано́идная шизофрени́я (paranóidnaja šizofreníja) — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Serbo-Croatian: параноидна схизофренија — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Serbo-Croatian: параноидна шизофренија — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Serbo-Croatian: paranoidna shizofrenija — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Serbo-Croatian: paranoidna šizofrenija — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Slovak: paranoidná schizofrénia — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Slovene: paranoidna shizofrenija — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Spanish: esquizofrenia paranoide — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Swedish: paranoid schizofreni — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Turkish: yansıtımcalı usyarılım — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions
  • Ukrainian: параноїдна шизофренія (paranojidna šyzofrenija) — form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions