Paranoid personality disorder is a
mental disorder characterized by
paranoia and a pervasive, long-standing suspiciousness and generalized
mistrust of others. Individuals with this
personality disorder may be hypersensitive, easily feel slighted, and habitually relate to the world by vigilant scanning of the environment for clues or suggestions that may validate their fears or biases. Paranoid individuals are eager observers. They think they are in danger and look for signs and threats of that danger, potentially not appreciating other evidence.[SUP]
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They tend to be guarded and suspicious and have quite constricted emotional lives. Their reduced capacity for meaningful emotional involvement and the general pattern of
isolated withdrawal often lend a quality of
schizoid isolation to their life experience.[SUP]
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[verification needed][/SUP] People with this particular disorder may or may not have a tendency to bear grudges, suspiciousness, tendency to interpret others' actions as hostile, persistent tendency to self-reference, or a tenacious sense of personal right.
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par·a·noid (p
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[SUP]adj.[/SUP][SUP]1. Relating to, characteristic of, or affected with paranoia.[/SUP]
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2. Exhibiting or characterized by extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others
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par·a·noi·a
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noun 1.
Psychiatry . a mental disorder
characterized by systematized delusions and the
projection of personal conflicts,
which are ascribed to the
supposed hostility of
others, sometimes progressing to disturbances of consciousness and aggressive acts believed to be performed in
self-defense or as a mission.
2. baseless or excessive suspicion of
the motives of
others.
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