Paranoia - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition paranoia

Definition :

A chronic form of insanity characterized by very gradual impairment of the intellect systematized delusion and usually by delusions of persecution or mandatory delusions producing homicidal tendency In its mild form paranoia may consist in the well marked crotchetiness exhibited in persons commonly called ldquocranksrdquo Paranoiacs usually show evidences of bodily and nervous degeneration and many have hallucinations esp of sight and hearing