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Stage 1 of 3
paranoia
Greek · ancient
"a mind beside itself, madness"
madness, from para- (beside, beyond) and noos (mind)
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Stage 2 of 3
paranoia
New Latin · 1800s
"a psychiatric condition of irrational suspicion"
adopted into scientific Latin for a psychiatric condition of irrational suspicion
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Stage 3 of 3
paranoia
English · 1811
"extreme, irrational distrust of others"
settled as the English word for extreme, irrational distrust of others
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