neurosis
noun/njʊəˈrəʊsɪs/
/nʊˈrəʊsɪs/
[countable, uncountable] (plural neuroses
/njʊəˈrəʊsiːz/
/nʊˈrəʊsiːz/
)- (psychology) a mental health condition in which a person has strong feelings of fear or worry
- She was a psychoanalyst who developed her own theory of neurosis.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- anxiety
- have
- suffer
- suffer from
- …
- neurosis about
- any strong fear or worry synonym anxiety
- the director's neurosis about actors arriving late for filming
- This obsession with time is a modern neurosis and one we all have to live with.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- anxiety
- have
- suffer
- suffer from
- …
- neurosis about
Word Originmid 18th cent.: modern Latin, from neuro- ‘of nerves’ + -osis.
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