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Meanings of persecution complex in English

Russian
бред преследования
Portuguese
delírio persecutório
Spanish
delirio persecutorio

Delusion involving perception of persecution.

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        бред преследования
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        Examples for "persecutory delusion"
        Examples for "persecutory delusion"
        1
        Patients who suffered persecutory delusions were encouraged to step into a computer-generated Underground train carriage and a lift.
        BBC
        2
        Yet in contrast to other psychotic phenomena, such as auditory hallucinations and persecutory delusions, GDs have received little attention from researchers.
        Pubmed
        1
        Objective: There has been no reported case of querulous paranoia from the Asian population.
        Pubmed
        2
        A prospective study was undertaken to identify patients with querulous paranoia in an outpatient clinic.
        Pubmed
        Usage of persecution complex in English
        1
        Fred ventures to say that perhaps Earl has a persecution complex.
        The new yorker
        2
        That's led to a persecution complex among more than a few of his stans.
        Wired
        3
        Irish history often translates as one big persecution complex.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Yet his touchiness was hardening into a persecution complex.
        The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
        5
        It's definitely not just a persecution complex, Mr. Satou.
        Welcome to the N.H.K.
        6
        Am I a mug? It's like a persecution complex.
        The Guardian
        7
        The Italian persecution complex over officiating in the Six Nations Championship is not a recent gripe.
        The Irish Times
        8
        It couldn't be... probably wasn't... might not have been... just a persecution complex on my part.
        Welcome to the N.H.K.
        9
        She had been admitted to a psychiatric hospital and was being treated for " persecution complex".
        The Guardian
        10
        And anyway, it's bad enough as it stands, there's no need to work a persecution complex into it.
        The Guardian
        11
        It seemed to take only a month or so for The Fruitcake Tendency to develop their persecution complex.
        The Irish Times
        12
        You've got a bad persecution complex.
        Catch-22
        13
        O'Reilly said O'Brien seemed to have a persecution complex and insisted the media group was built on editorial independence.
        Reuters
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        I carried a persecution complex.
        The Guardian
        15
        This has given her a persecution complex & she is nervous, hypersensitive, & too quick to insist on fair treatment.
        The new yorker
        16
        Shutting it down is the right thing to do, but it utterly feeds into his and his fans' persecution complex.
        News.com.au