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Noun: delusions of persecution
  1. A delusion (common in paranoia) that others are out to get you and frustrate and embarrass you or inflict suffering on you; a complicated conspiracy is frequently imagined
    "He believed his coworkers were plotting against him, a classic case of delusions of persecution"

Type of: delusion, psychotic belief

Encyclopedia: Delusions of persecution