What does paranoid schizophrenia mean?
• PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA (noun) The noun PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA has 1 sense: 1. a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner Familiarity information: PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA used as a noun is very rare.