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Neurosis

noun

(pl. neuroses)

A mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction. Synonyms: neuroticism, psychoneurosis.

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"Neurosis" Quotes from Famous Books

... yet it hurts my liver to offer the old boy incomprehensible reasons or verbiage like 'compulsion neurosis' when all he wants is to protect me from my own impulses as he protected me from the army. Florence and I delight in him—he comes again next week if possible—but we cannot convey to ...

— Greener Than You Think • Ward Moore

Words linked to "Neurosis" : folie, hysteria, disturbance, neurotic, mental disorder, psychological disorder, mental disturbance