Definition of ''paranoia''

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paranoia:1 : a psychosis characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations. [M-W's Dictionary]What does without hallucinations mean?

Kooyeen · Accepted Answer

Jackson6612What does without hallucinations mean?

LOL, sorry, but what is it that you don't understand? It's clear... A man without the head doesn't have a head. Go without me = not with me. So:
Without hallucinations = no halluciations, no halluciantions occur.

Jackson6612 · Answer

Jackson6612paranoia:

1 : a psychosis characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations. [M-W's Dictionary]

What does without hallucinations mean?

Hi Kooyeen,

I already know what you are telling me. I think I didn't phrase my question in a good way. What effect will it have if phrase without hallucinations is removed from the above definition? Won't a person have hallucinations when he is having delusions? What is the reason for mentioning phrase without hallucinations in the above definition?

Yoong Liat · Answer

Jackson6612
paranoia:

1 : a psychosis characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations. [M-W's Dictionary]

What does without hallucinations mean?

"Hallucination' refers to the fact of seeming to see or hear somebody/something that is not really there because of illness or drugs. (Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

Maya2 · Answer

delusion= irrationally held belief or opinion that is transparently ridiculous

delusion without hallucination = held belief not based on optical illusions

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