a tendency in regard to emotions of mistrust, persecutory beliefs, and aversive understandings of oneself and of other people.
PARANOID TENDENCY: "Her paranoid tendencies are significant enough that we would like to keep her for observation."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "PARANOID TENDENCY," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/paranoid-tendency/ (accessed March 21, 2023).
