paraphrenia
paraphrenia · paraphrenias
парафрения
Any of a group of psychotic illnesses involving delusions, distinct from paranoia and…Any of a group of psychotic illnesses involving delusions, distinct from paranoia and schizophrenia.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Any of a group of psychotic illnesses involving delusions, distinct from paranoia and schizophrenia.
(countable, uncountable)The state of being paraphrenic, the most severe form of the mistrustful-paranoid-paraphrenic personality spectrum, related to paranoid personality disorder.
парафрени́яparafreníja
More definitions
- 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
Translations
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By meaning 1
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Origin
From para- + -phrenia.From para- + -phrenia.
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Forms
plural: paraphrenias| Singular | paraphrenia |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- 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:paranoid schizophreniaparanoic type schizophreniaparaphrenic schizophrenia
Word family
2 related wordsRelatedparaphrenic
Derivedsomatoparaphrenia
Lessons for this word
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