Usually means: Irrational belief of being targeted.
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  1. persecution complex: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. persecution complex: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. persecution complex: Collins English Dictionary
  4. persecution complex: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. persecution complex: Dictionary.com
  6. Persecution complex: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. persecution complex: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. persecution complex: Wiktionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. persecution complex: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  1. persecution complex: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (persecution complex)

noun:  (psychology) One's perception that other people are conspiring to harm or undermine him.


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