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Willians Batistela Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Paranoid "of" or paranoid "about"???

Hey!

I was reading 2 isolated texts when I came across the word "PARANOID". What really called my attention was that in one of the texts you could read : "My mother is paranoid about making sure everything is locked." and in the other one: "I think I'm paranoid of flying."

Question: which one is right? Are they both correct? If so, what's the difference between them?

Thanks

Willians
  

Top answer

They're both prepositions in this case. about means on the subject of; in connection with. of mentions somebody/something that a feeling relates to (the feeling in this case is paranoia) Hope this helps.

— Anonymous

  • They're both prepositions in this case.
  • about means on the subject of; in connection with.
  • of mentions somebody/something that a feeling relates to (the feeling in this case is paranoia) Hope this helps.
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They're both prepositions in this case.

about means on the subject of; in connection with.

of mentions somebody/something that a feeling relates to (the feeling in this case is paranoia)

Hope this helps.
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Willians Batistelaparanoid of flying."
I would never use this expression. I'm surprised to see it. Everyone I know says "paranoid about". I think the writer was confusing "paranoid" with "afraid", because there's the phrasing "afraid of".

You can find examples of "paranoid of", but there are many, many more examples of "paranoid about". The latter
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I really thank you for your help. That will help a lot.
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