'Neurosis' definitions:
Definition of 'neurosis'
(from WordNet)
noun
A mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction [syn: neurosis, neuroticism, psychoneurosis]
Definition of 'Neurosis'
From: GCIDE
- Neurosis \Neu*ro"sis\, n.; pl. Neuroses. [NL., fr. Gr. ney^ron nerve.]
- 1. (Med.) A functional nervous affection or disease, that is, a disease of the nerves without any appreciable change of nerve structure. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Psychiatry) a mental or emotional disorder that affects only part of the personality, and involves less distorted perceptions of reality than a psychosis. As used in medicine, anxiety is a prominent characteristic, and the condition may be accompanied by psychosomatic symptoms. Phobias and compulsive behavior are common varieties. --[MW10] [PJC]
Synonyms of 'neurosis'
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- abulia,
- accident neurosis,
- anxiety hysteria,
- anxiety neurosis,
- arteriosclerotic psychosis,
- association neurosis,
- battle fatigue,
- blast neurosis,
- brain disease,
- certifiability,
- combat fatigue,
- compensation neurosis,
- compulsion neurosis,
- conversion hysteria,
- conversion neurosis,
- crack-up,
- dementia paralytica,
- dipsomania,
- drug addiction,
- emotional disorder,
- emotional instability,
- expectation neurosis,
- fixation neurosis,
- folie du doute,
- frayed nerves,
- frazzled nerves,
- fright neurosis,
- functional nervous disorder,
- functional psychosis,
- general paralysis,
- general paresis,
- homosexual neurosis,
- hypochondria,
- hypochondriasis,
- hysteria,
- insanity,
- jangled nerves,
- maladjustment,
- manic-depressive psychosis,
- melancholia,
- mental disorder,
- mental illness,
- metabolic psychosis,
- moral insanity,
- nervous breakdown,
- nervous disorder,
- nervous prostration,
- neurasthenia,
- neuroticism,
- obsessional neurosis,
- occupational neurosis,
- organic psychosis,
- paralytic dementia,
- paranoia,
- pathological drunkenness,
- pathoneurosis,
- personality disorder,
- phobia,
- presenile dementia,
- prison psychosis,
- problems in living,
- psychasthenia,
- psychoneurosis,
- psychoneurotic disorder,
- psychopathia,
- psychopathia martialis,
- psychopathia sexualis,
- psychopathic condition,
- psychopathic personality,
- psychopathy,
- psychosis,
- raw nerves,
- reaction,
- regression neurosis,
- schizophrenia,
- senile dementia,
- senile psychosis,
- senility,
- sexual pathology,
- shattered nerves,
- shell shock,
- situational neurosis,
- situational psychosis,
- social maladjustment,
- syphilitic paresis,
- toxic psychosis,
- twanging nerves,
- war neurosis