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Collocations for paranoia - noun

ADJECTIVE

rampant
extreme, severe
The regime is in the grip of severe paranoia.
mild, slight
I was guilty perhaps of mild paranoia.
increasing
irrational
anti-communist
the anti-communist paranoia of the 1950s

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VERB + paranoia

suffer from
border on, verge on
Her passion for cleanliness borders on paranoia.
induce
The drugs can induce paranoia.
fuel
External threats will just fuel paranoia among those in power.

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paranoia + VERB

kick in, set in
The paranoia is setting in.
grip sb
He was gripped by paranoia.

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