Timeline for Is it correct to use the term paranoia when expressing overrated reaction due to fear of something?
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| May 23, 2013 at 16:33 | comment | added | Jesse Adam | 2. informal exhibiting undue suspicion, fear of persecution, etc "paranoid." Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition. HarperCollins Publishers. 23 May. 2013. | |
| May 23, 2013 at 5:01 | comment | added | user21497 | @Mohit: It contradicts Carl's answer. The first sentence is incorrect. Carl does not agree with this. Nor do I. Paranoia is a psychiatric disorder on a par with bipolar, schizophrenia, & agoraphobia. It's rather insulting to call someone insane for being irrationally fearful of something that they don't understand. If that were true, most of the world would be certifiably "mad" (OK, most of the world is certifiably "mad", I agree, but that's a different issue). Technophobe is the correct choice here, IMHO. | |
| May 23, 2013 at 3:55 | comment | added | Mohit | How is your answer different from Carl's? | |
| May 23, 2013 at 3:53 | history | answered | Jesse Adam | CC BY-SA 3.0 |