Word of the Day - Paraphrenia

paraphrenia

Pronunciation: /ˌparəˈfriːnɪə/
noun
Psychiatry Psychology
In early use: insanity, madness Later: specifically mental illness with prominent paranoid or other delusional symptoms; paranoid schizophrenia.

Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review. From para- + ancient Greek ϕρήν phren + -ia, after French paraphrénie.

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Max pretended to look straight ahead, but carefully kept an eye on the group loitering at the street corner. His paraphrenia convinced him that they were out to get him.