被害妄想(ひがいもうそう)

ひがいもうそう
noun
paranoia; persecution complex
medicalcognitionemotion
1. paranoia; persecution complex; victim mentality
The tendency to believe that others are out to get you or that you are being unfairly targeted. Can refer to the clinical condition or be used colloquially to describe someone who reads hostility into neutral situations.
それは被害妄想(ひがいもうそう)だよ。
That's just paranoia.
彼(かれ)は被害妄想(ひがいもうそう)が強(つよ)くて、いつも誰(だれ)かに悪口(わるくち)を言(い)われていると思(おも)っている。
He has strong paranoia and always thinks someone is talking badly about him.
被害妄想(ひがいもうそう)に陥(おちい)ると、周(まわ)りの人(ひと)との関係(かんけい)がうまくいかなくなることがある。
When you fall into paranoid thinking, your relationships with people around you can suffer.

Usage

In casual speech, 被害妄想(ひがいもうそう) is often used lightly to tell someone they are overthinking or imagining hostility where none exists. In clinical contexts, it refers to a genuine psychiatric symptom.

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Related Words

Related: 妄想(もうそう) (delusion (general))
Compare: 猜疑心(さいぎしん) (suspiciousness)
Compare: 妄想癖(もうそうへき) (habit of fantasizing)
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Added 2026.3.20 15:39 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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