paranoia

paranoïa

Sentiment sans raison valable que les autres veulent vous faire du mal ou agissent contre vous.

En anglais simple : An unreasonable feeling that other people want to harm you or are acting against you.

• Her paranoia made it hard to trust anyone.
• He felt growing paranoia about being watched.
• The constant rumours fed their paranoia.

Comment l'utiliser : paranoia about something (His paranoia about strangers made travel difficult.)

Synonymes : distrust, suspicion

Contraires : trust

Expressions courantes : paranoia about something, growing paranoia