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Definition of neurosis in English: neurosisnounPlural neuroses ˌnjʊəˈrəʊsɪsn(j)ʊˈroʊsəs Medicine 1A relatively mild mental illness that is not caused by organic disease, involving symptoms of stress (depression, anxiety, obsessive behaviour, hypochondria) but not a radical loss of touch with reality. 〔医〕神经机能病，神经（官能）症。比较PSYCHOSIS Freud's two-stage account of neurosis Compare with psychosis count noun psychoses, neuroses, and personality disorders Example sentencesExamples - Freud presented the world of phantasy as a ‘storehouse’ that the patient can draw on to feed both his neurosis and his psychosis.
- Borderline Personality Disorder was described only 30 years ago and it was so named because it was thought to be at the border between psychosis and neurosis.
- These substitutions are sometimes viewed as part of a neurosis or psychosis.
- The Home Office has found that 90 per cent of prisoners suffer at least one of five mental disorders: psychosis, severe neurosis, drug dependency, alcoholism or personality disorders.
- There are other conditions which may cause a malfunctioning of the mind which, while they may have an organic cause, are not neuroses or psychoses, for example, epilepsy or hyperglycaemia arising from diabetes.
Synonyms mental illness, mental disorder, psychological disorder, mental disturbance, mental derangement, mental instability, psychological maladjustment, psychoneurosis, psychopathy obsession, phobia, fixation rare neuroticism - 1.1 (in non-technical use) excessive and irrational anxiety or obsession.
（非技术用语）恐惧症 too much neurosis about a child's progress is unproductive Example sentencesExamples - So what made this scene so powerfully articulate ‘collective neuroses and fears’?
- It's a hefty task, seeing as each of her children is manoeuvring their way through a litany of oddball obsessions and neuroses.
- We need a disposal service for our collective neuroses, something to clear away the rubbish of our self-regard and pomposity.
- Why not write a book in praise of the obsession, celebrating the neurosis at the heart of all literature?
- OK, so I'm a quivering bundle of irrational neuroses, but that's not the point.
OriginMid 18th century: modern Latin, from neuro- 'of nerves' + -osis. Rhymesapotheosis, chlorosis, cirrhosis, diagnosis, halitosis, hypnosis, kenosis, meiosis, metempsychosis, misdiagnosis, mononucleosis, myxomatosis, necrosis, osmosis, osteoporosis, prognosis, psittacosis, psychosis, sclerosis, symbiosis, thrombosis, toxoplasmosis, trichinosis, tuberculosis Definition of neurosis in US English: neurosisnounn(y)o͝oˈrōsəsn(j)ʊˈroʊsəs Medicine 1A relatively mild mental illness that is not caused by organic disease, involving symptoms of stress (depression, anxiety, obsessive behaviour, hypochondria) but not a radical loss of touch with reality. 〔医〕神经机能病，神经（官能）症。比较PSYCHOSIS Compare with psychosis Example sentencesExamples - These substitutions are sometimes viewed as part of a neurosis or psychosis.
- The Home Office has found that 90 per cent of prisoners suffer at least one of five mental disorders: psychosis, severe neurosis, drug dependency, alcoholism or personality disorders.
- There are other conditions which may cause a malfunctioning of the mind which, while they may have an organic cause, are not neuroses or psychoses, for example, epilepsy or hyperglycaemia arising from diabetes.
- Borderline Personality Disorder was described only 30 years ago and it was so named because it was thought to be at the border between psychosis and neurosis.
- Freud presented the world of phantasy as a ‘storehouse’ that the patient can draw on to feed both his neurosis and his psychosis.
Synonyms mental illness, mental disorder, psychological disorder, mental disturbance, mental derangement, mental instability, psychological maladjustment, psychoneurosis, psychopathy - 1.1 (in nontechnical use) excessive and irrational anxiety or obsession.
（非技术用语）恐惧症 apprehension over mounting debt has created a collective neurosis in the business world 对债务攀升的忧虑在商界造成了集体性的恐惧症。 Example sentencesExamples - It's a hefty task, seeing as each of her children is manoeuvring their way through a litany of oddball obsessions and neuroses.
- So what made this scene so powerfully articulate ‘collective neuroses and fears’?
- OK, so I'm a quivering bundle of irrational neuroses, but that's not the point.
- We need a disposal service for our collective neuroses, something to clear away the rubbish of our self-regard and pomposity.
- Why not write a book in praise of the obsession, celebrating the neurosis at the heart of all literature?
OriginMid 18th century: modern Latin, from neuro- ‘of nerves’ + -osis. |