Neurosis Definition

no͝o-rōsĭs, nyo͝o-
neuroses
noun
neuroses
Any of various mental disorders in which there is a symptom or group of symptoms that causes psychological pain or discomfort and may be very disabling: common neuroses include anxiety, compulsions, phobias, and depression.
Webster's New World
Any mental state characterized by obsession, chronic anxiety, hypochondria, etc.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Neurosis

Noun

Singular:
neurosis
Plural:
neuroses

Origin of Neurosis

  • neuro- +"Ž -osis

    From Wiktionary

Neurosis Sentence Examples

  • This is Sideways country and best to leave your neurosis at home when visiting.

  • Few people have any conception of the misery which a compulsion neurosis may cause.

  • He used juice fasts and reported successful treatment of over 7,000 patients suffering from various psychic disorders such as schizophrenia and neurosis.

  • Or was it a collective neurosis at work, a modernist world trying to capture and tame the past?

  • The religious believer joins in similar communal rites, thus accepting the " universal neurosis " of religion.

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