n. [心理] 偏执狂,[内科] 妄想狂
paranoia 偏执狂,妄想症
para-,在旁,在周围,-noia,思想,想法,词源同nous,matanoia.即胡思乱想,引申词义妄想症,偏执狂。
FOR several years frequent descriptions have been given in the foreign journals, especially German and Italian, of the forms of insanity designated by the names Paranoia, Verrücktkeit, and Wahnsinn. ["Paranoia -- Systematized Delusions and Mental Degenerations," J. Séglas (transl. William Noyes), 1888]