noun
paranoid person; person with paranoia
Clinical or formal term for a person suffering from paranoia. In everyday language, パラノイア or 被害妄想が強い人 are more common.
偏執症患者は、周囲の人間が自分を害そうとしていると信じ込むことがある。
A paranoid person may believe that people around them are trying to harm them.
Compound of 偏執症 (paranoia) and 患者 (patient). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the medical meaning.