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  • noun Plural form of paranoid.

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Examples

  • “The people who opposed the Constitution were described as paranoids and men of little faith,” he says.

    Libby at Liberty! 2007

  • The student of "paranoids," in short, whether discussing rhetoric or actions, can hardly evade the obligation to demonstrate massive "misunderstandings."

    Paranoid History Davis, David Brion 1971

  • Some of us "paranoids" always knew that those FEMA "detention center" concentration camps they were building around the country were never meant to hold illegal immigrants.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

  • Some of us "paranoids" always knew that those FEMA "detention center" concentration camps they were building around the country were never meant to hold illegal immigrants.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

  • Some of us "paranoids" always knew that those FEMA "detention center" concentration camps they were building around the country were never meant to hold illegal immigrants.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

  • While it is possible that even paranoids can have real enemies, it is Constitutionally unlikely for George W. Bush's Administration to control taxes after January 2009.

    The Budget Debate, VI, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • The right wing nutsery has tried to stoke opposition to President Obama by screaming about socialism and imminent dictatorship; cultivating the culture of whiny white male Christianist victimhood to a high art; creating a cottage industry of bug-eyed paranoids like Michele Bachmann and Glenn Beck; and conversely accusing him of being weak-willed and cowardly.

    Summer Rerun 2009

  • Now I highly doubt the gun nuts, racists, white supremacists, Jesus freaks, Ayn Rand die-hards, and big government paranoids will go back to being politically inactive or have the self-restraint to avoid harming people.

    Think Progress » Obama bumper sticker fuels violent political road rage in Tennessee. 2010

  • His catering to the "deather" paranoids at Iowa town meetings is an obvious pandering for votes in which the truth gets sacrificed for his personal gain.

    Grassley: 'I kinda resent' White House over health care reform 2009

  • Those "Tea Baggers", "Birthers", and other right wingers are typically paranoids who live in seclusion while listening to Right Wing Radio and watching Fox News ..

    'Tea Party Express' trucks on with tour aimed at health care 2009

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