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Meaning of "paraphrenia" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PARAPHRENIA

paraphrenia  [ˌpærəˈfriːnɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARAPHRENIA

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Paraphrenia is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PARAPHRENIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Paraphrenia

Paraphrenia is a mental disorder characterized by an organized system of paranoid delusions with or without hallucinations without deterioration of intellect or personality. This disorder is also distinguished from schizophrenia by a lower hereditary occurrence, less premorbid maladjustment, and a slower rate of progression. Onset of symptoms generally occurs later in life, near the age of 60. The prevalence of the disorder among the elderly is about 2—4% Paraphrenia is not included in either the DSM-IV or the ICD-10; psychotherapists often diagnose patients presenting with paraphrenia as having atypical psychoses, delusional disorder, psychoses not otherwise specified, schizoaffective disorders, and persistent persecutory states of older adults. Recently therapists have also been classifying paraphrenia as very late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis.

Definition of paraphrenia in the English dictionary

The definition of paraphrenia in the dictionary is a type of severe paranoid schizophrenia.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARAPHRENIA


Armenia
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bergenia
bɜːˈɡiːnɪə
catamenia
ˌkætəˈmiːnɪə
eugenia
juːˈdʒiːnɪə
gardenia
ɡɑːˈdiːnɪə
hebephrenia
ˌhiːbɪˈfriːnɪə
leukopenia
ˌluːkəʊˈpiːnɪə
myasthenia
ˌmaɪəsˈθiːnɪə
neurasthenia
ˌnjʊərəsˈθiːnɪə
neutropenia
ˌnjuːtrəˈpiːnɪə
pancytopenia
ˌpænsaɪtəˈpiːnɪə
philoxenia
ˌfɪləˈziːnɪə
Ruthenia
ruːˈθiːnɪə
sarracenia
ˌsærəˈsiːnɪə
schizophrenia
ˌskɪtsəʊˈfriːnɪə
Slovenia
sləʊˈviːnɪə
tenia
ˈtiːnɪə
thrombocytopenia
ˌθrɒmbəʊˌsaɪtəʊˈpiːnɪə
Turkmenia
tɜːkˈmiːnɪə
xenia
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARAPHRENIA

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paraphasia
paraphasic
paraphernalia
paraphilia
paraphiliac
paraphimoses
paraphimosis
paraphonia
paraphonic
paraphrasable
paraphrase
paraphraser
paraphrast
paraphrastic
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paraphysate
paraphyses
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paraplanner

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARAPHRENIA

cytopenia
encaenia
erythropenia
granulocytopenia
hymenia
hypersthenia
hyposthenia
Iphigenia
leucocytopenia
leucopenia
lymphocytopenia
lymphopenia
Messenia
panleukopenia
proscenia
psychasthenia
sideropenia
sthenia
taenia
xenomenia

Synonyms and antonyms of paraphrenia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «paraphrenia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARAPHRENIA

Find out the translation of paraphrenia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of paraphrenia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «paraphrenia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

妄想
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

paraphrenia
570 millions of speakers

English

paraphrenia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

paraphrenia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ازورار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Парафрения
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

paraphrenia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

paraphrenia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Paraphrenie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Paraphrenia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Paraphrenie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パラフレニー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

망상
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Paraphrenia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

paraphrenia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாராஃப்ரெனியா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅराफ्रेनिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

parafreni
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

parafrenia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

paraphrenia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

парафренія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

parafreniei
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παραφρενίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

paraphrenia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

paraphrenia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

paraphrenia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of paraphrenia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARAPHRENIA»

The term «paraphrenia» is used very little and occupies the 165.920 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARAPHRENIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «paraphrenia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «paraphrenia» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about paraphrenia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARAPHRENIA»

Discover the use of paraphrenia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to paraphrenia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dementia Praecox and Paraphrenia
Dementia Praecox and Paraphrenia (1919) was the book in which Kraepelin first presented his work on schizophrenia to the English-speaking world.
Emil Kraepelin, 2002
2
Functional Psychiatric Disorders of the Elderly
Among the schizophrenic spectrum disorders, 'late paraphrenia' is the most relevant differential diagnosis in the elderly. Paraphrenia (Kraepelin, 1919) is characterized by systematized, mostly paranoid delusions that far exceed other clinical ...
Edmond Chiu, David Ames, 2006
3
Classification of Endogenous Psychoses and their ...
All of them had the hallucinatory character of incoherent paraphrenia, as confirmed by the totally confused remarks noted in the case records. In both cases the diagnosis surely was incoherent paraphrenia. The ideas of grandeur, mentioned ...
Karl Leonhard, Helmut Beckmann, 1999
4
Psychosis in the Elderly
Whether the syndrome fits best under the rubric of schizophrenia or delusional disorder has been the subject of considerable controversy since 1955 (Roth, 1955; Karim and Burns, 2003). The history of paranoia/paraphrenia The ancient ...
Anne M. Hassett, David Ames, Edmond Chiu, 2005
5
Schizophrenia and Related Syndromes
Paraphrenia The term 'paraphrenia' was introduced by Kahlbaum in 1863. He did not coin it to denote any particular clinical entity, but merely to draw attention to the tendency of certain psychiatric disorders to develop at certain periods in life ...
P. J. McKenna, 2013
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Lexicon of Psychiatry, Neurology, and the Neurosciences
paraphrenia paresthesia was shown in an open trial to benefit carefully selected paraphilias who met any or all of the following conditions: (a) absence of preexisting hypertension, obesity, or family incidence of diabetes mellitus, conditions ...
Frank J. Ayd, 2000
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Aging in a Changing Society
One review from England, for example, argues that disuse of the term paraphrenia has been premature. It has been used to describe those with a well- organized system of paranoid delusions or hallucinations among older people with an ...
James Thorson, 2013
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The American Psychiatric Association Annual Review
Paraphrenia Roth (1955) and Kay and Roth (1963) differentiate between paraphrenia and paranoid schizophrenia. They report that while delusional ideation and hallucinations are quite prominent in paraphrenia, the cognitive deficits, ...
Lester Grinspoon, 1983
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Schizophrenia: Concepts and Clinical Management
ate from schizophrenia but the position is less clear cut as far as paranoia and paraphrenia are concerned. The independence of paranoia and paraphrenia from schizophrenia and affective psychoses has been the subject of debate since  ...
Eve C. Johnstone, 1999
10
Hysterical Psychosis: A Historical Survey
Paraphrenia vs. Schizophrenia Within the field of the psychoses, longer-lasting in France than in Germany, a battle rages between the work of the old Kraepelin and that of the newcomer Bleuler. After a brief struggle Bleuler's schizophrenias ...
Katrien Libbrecht, 1994

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARAPHRENIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term paraphrenia is used in the context of the following news items.
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Interview with UFO researcher and author Jacques Vallée
... that what we have here consists of hoaxes (in Adamski's case) and psychological issues (delusion, fugue, paraphrenia) in many other cases. «Open Minds UFO News, Jul 14»
2
City finds new way to keep eye on parks
... DANGEROUS LITTER INCLUDING NEEDLES AND OTHER DRUG PARAPHRENIA HAS BEEN REVEALED.... kristina for us our school is so ... «WPTZ The Champlain Valley, Apr 14»
3
“King of the World”: Cuban Actor Jose Antonio Alonso
I also found out this man suffered from paraphrenia, an illness which, among many negative symptoms, has one good thing, which is that, when ... «Havana Times, Jun 13»
4
Police in Kona charge 3 with narcotics offenses
Tafea was charged with first-degree promotion of a dangerous drug, possession of drug paraphrenia, promoting detrimental drugs and driving ... «Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Apr 11»
5
Physicians: Prescribing Less May Improve Outcomes
In the past, psychiatric physicians have diagnosed homosexuality, paraphrenia, paranoia, narcissism, neuroses, combat fatigue and other ... «ABC News, Feb 11»
6
3 jailed in city heroin bust
Also found was paraphrenia and evidence of ongoing sales from that residence,” said a statement from the HPD. “It was an investigation that ... «Hornell Evening Tribune, Jan 09»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Paraphrenia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/paraphrenia>. Apr 2024 ».
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