Confidence and Paranoia

Opposite meaning words

Confidence noun - Great faith in oneself or one's abilities.

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Paranoia is an antonym for confidence.

Paranoia noun - A psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur.

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Confidence is an antonym for paranoia.

Nearby Words: paranoid, paranoiac

old	old confidence	old paranoia
similar	similar confidence	similar paranoia
public	public confidence	public paranoia
sheer	sheer confidence	sheer paranoia
Other adjectives: extreme, little, absolute, social, sexual, less, immense, growing, resulting, full-on.

It's different to other 'traditional' British comedy and certainly isn't anything like Blackadder or Father Ted.The characters are intended to represent a spectrum of confidence and paranoia in relationships among men and women.

Source: Series / Coupling
Also a straightforward example; In a season 1 episode, Lister's Confidence and Paranoia become personified.

Source: Broken Aesop / Live-Action TV
In Red Dwarf: "Confidence and Paranoia", Lister's Confidence shows how great he thinks Lister's plan is by literally holding a bulb above Lister's head.

Source: Idea Bulb

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