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偏執病 (henshuubyou) Japanese meaning: paranoia | Kotomora

偏へん執しゅう病びょう

へ

ん

しゅ

う

びょ

う

Meanings

1

Psychiatric term for paranoia; often used in clinical or formal contexts. The loanword パラノイア is also common.

See also: パラノイア

偏へん執しゅう病びょうの症しょう状

じょう

と

し

て

、

強つよ

い

被ひ

害がい

妄もう

想そう

が

現あらわ

れる

こと

が

ある

。

As a symptom of paranoia, strong persecutory delusions may appear.

彼かれは偏へん執しゅう病びょうと診しん断だんされた。

He was diagnosed with paranoia.

Kanji

偏partial, side, left-side radical
執tenacious, take hold, grasp
病ill, sick

Related words

パラノイア
Common loanword for paranoia; often used in everyday or psychological contexts, while 偏執病 is more formal and clinical.
妄もう想そう症しょう
Refers to delusional disorder; 偏執病 is an older term for paranoia, sometimes used interchangeably but less common in modern diagnostics.

Built from

偏へん執しゅう+病びょう

Etymology

Compound of 偏執 (へんしゅう, 'obsession, bigotry') and 病 (びょう, 'illness'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a Sino-Japanese medical coinage.