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neurosis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | neuroticism, psychoneurosis |
| Type of | mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder, disturbance, folie |
| Has types | hysterical neurosis, hysteria, anxiety neurosis |
| Derivation | neurotic |
Examples of neurosis
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His hyperactive neurosis is all him, not an act, as comes over in the interview.
From the guardian.co.uk
He warms to his past either as romantic folklore or the wellsprings of neurosis.
From the time.com
As for the owners of thatched houses, their November 5 neurosis lasts for days.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Otherwise she lacks an inner life beyond the usual neurosis of young adulthood.
From the economist.com
Renoirs paintings radiate a rosy mental well-being entirely devoid of neurosis.
From the economist.com
It's about the pitfalls of neurosis and about the responsibilities of parenthood.
From the sfgate.com
They're like watching someone's neurosis and self-delusion play out in public.
From the sfgate.com
I do think I throw obstacles in my own path, and ratchet up the neurosis that way.
From the independent.co.uk
What meeting is this where Austria, neurosis, and cheese are being discussed?
From the theatlantic.com
- A mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction
- (neurotic) characteristic of or affected by neurosis; "neurotic disorder"; "neurotic symptoms"
- (neurotic) affected with emotional disorder
- Neurosis is a class of functional mental disorders involving distress but neither delusions nor hallucinations, whereby behavior is not outside socially acceptable norms. It is also known as psychoneurosis or neurotic disorder, and thus those suffering from it are said to be neurotic. ...
- Neurosis is an experimental metal band, based in Oakland, California. They formed in 1985 as a hardcore punk band, and their sound progressed towards a doom metal style that also included influences from dark ambient and industrial music as well as incorporating elements of folk music. ...
- (Neurotic.) Neurotic.. is the fourth EP released by the New Jersey punk band The Bouncing Souls. It was released on Chunksaah Records in 1994. All of the songs on here were later released on The Good, The Bad & The Argyle.
- A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear
- (Neuroses) Learned patterns of behavior which decrease a person's ability to predict and control his or her total environment. Uncontrollable emotionalism is not necessarily neurotic unless it has been caused by some learned experience; e.g. ...
- (Neuroses) a group of emotional disorders initially caused by stimuli capable of causing a conflict within an individual. It may occur that one finds oneself in a situation in which one both desires and yet simultaneously fears to act in a certain way: a predicament which will produce anxiety. ...
