paranoid 復習
And so Christie set out to prepare for the unlikely event that Donald Trump would one day be elected president of the United States. Not everyone in Trump’s campaign was happy to see him on the job. In June, Christie received a call from Trump adviser Paul Manafort. “The kid is paranoid about you,” Manafort said. The kid was Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law. Back in 2005, when he was US attorney for New Jersey, Christie had prosecuted and jailed Kushner’s father, Charles, for tax fraud. Christie’s investigation revealed, in the bargain, that Charles Kushner had hired a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law, whom he suspected of cooperating with Christie, videotaped the sexual encounter and sent the tape to his sister. The Kushners apparently took their grudges seriously, and Christie sensed that Jared still harboured one against him. On the other hand, Trump, whom Christie considered almost a friend, could not have cared less.
paranoid /pˈærən`ɔɪd/ を取り上げます。paranormal と形が似ていることや文脈から、マイナスの意味が予測できます。『ジーニアス英和辞典』でまずpara-を参照すると「近所，超，不正，病的異常，パラ…」と様々な意味を持つことがわかりました。つづいてparanoidは「偏執狂の（患者）;偏執病的な〔about〕」とあります。
LDOCEには“believing unreasonably that you cannot trust other people, or that they are trying to harm you or have a bad opinion” “medical suffering from a mental illness that makes you believe that other people are trying to harm you”と定義されていました。(Kiwi girl)
