Pronoia

What is Pronoia?


1.

The wonderful delusion that everyone is out to make you happy. Cf. paranoia.

Jenni's pronoia convinced her that small pixies were out to sprinkle her with fairy dust and feed her cookies.

2.

The delusion that people think better of you than they actually do. The opposite of paranoia.

Phil thinks that he is indispensable at work and that his superiors and colleagues adore him. Sadly, this is a case of pronoia since he is totally incompetent.

or

Melanie has a case of pronoia because she thinks everyone looks up to her, when in reality, people think she's quite obnoxious!

See paranoid, delusion, positive, hippy, naive, unaware

1.

The wonderful delusion that everyone is out to make you happy. Cf. paranoia.

Jenni's pronoia convinced her that small pixies were out to sprinkle her with fairy dust and feed her cookies.

2.

The delusion that people think better of you than they actually do. The opposite of paranoia.

Phil thinks that he is indispensable at work and that his superiors and colleagues adore him. Sadly, this is a case of pronoia since he is totally incompetent.

or

Melanie has a case of pronoia because she thinks everyone looks up to her, when in reality, people think she's quite obnoxious!

See paranoid, delusion, positive, hippy, naive, unaware


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