Paraphrenia

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  paraphrenia
       n : 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
           [syn: {paranoid schizophrenia}, {paranoic type
           schizophrenia}, {paraphrenic schizophrenia}]