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Paranoia vs Schizophrenia - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between paranoia and schizophrenia

is that paranoia is a psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution while schizophrenia is a psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness variously affecting behavior, thinking, and emotion.

paranoia

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Alternative forms

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Noun

(wikipedia paranoia) (en noun)
  • A psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution.
  • Extreme, irrational distrust of others.

    • Derived terms

    * paranoiac * paranoic * paranoically * paranoid * paranoid schizophrenia

    Related terms

    * See: * See:

    References

    * “ ?Paranoia, paranœa]” listed on page 460 of volume VII (O, P) of '' [1st ed., 1909]
    ???Paranoia''' ( mind.]?Mental derangement; ''spec.'' chronic mental unsoundness characterized by delusions or hallucinations, esp. of grandeur, persecution, etc.?[¶; 4 quots.: 1857, 1891, 1892, 1899; ¶]?Hence '''Paranoi·ac, -œ·ac,''' a. ''adj.'' afflicted with paranoia; b. ''sb.''; also '''Parano·ic, -nœ·ic ''a.     ?[¶; 3 quots.: 1857, 1892, 1899 ----

    schizophrenia

    English

    (wikipedia schizophrenia)

    Noun

  • (pathology) A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness variously affecting behavior, thinking, and emotion.
  • (informal) Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist.

    • Derived terms

    * borderline schizophrenia * catatonic schizophrenia (catatonia) * disorganized schizophrenia * hebephrenic schizophrenia (hebephrenia) * latent schizophrenia * paranoid schizophrenia * paraphrenic schizophrenia * reactive schizophrenia * schizophrenic

    Synonyms

    * dementia praecox * schizophrenic disorder * schizophrenic psychosis