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neuroses

Syllables: neu·ro·sesUK/n(j)ʊˈɹəʊ̯.siːz/US/n(j)ʊˈɹəʊ̯.siːz/

neuroses is the plural of neurosis.

neuroses is the plural of neurose.

Meaning of neurosis

Noun

neurosis (countable and uncountable, plural neuroses)

  1. (dated, current in psychology and philosophy) A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear differing from normal measures by its intensity, and resulting from a failure to compromise or properly adjust during the developmental stages of life, between normal human instinctual impulses and the demands of human society.
    • On inquiry it was found that this neurosis corresponded in time with the oncome of the catamenia.1881, American journal of obstetrics and diseases of women and children, volume 14
    Synonyms:
    psychoneurosis[Appendix:Glossary
    Antonyms:
    physioneurosis

Meaning of neurose

Noun

neurose (plural neuroses)

  1. Neurosis.

See all 3 meanings of neurose

Phrases with neuroses

Questions about neuroses

What is neuroses the plural of?
Neuroses is the plural of neurosis.
How do you pronounce neuroses?
Neuroses is pronounced /n(j)ʊˈɹəʊ̯.siːz/ (UK).

Words near neuroses in the dictionary

  1. neurosensorial
  2. neurosensors
  3. neurosensory
  4. neuroserpin
  5. neuroserpins
  6. neuroses
  7. neuroseta
  8. neurosetae
  9. neurosexism
  10. neurosexist
  11. neurosexists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: neuroses (page history and authors); neurosis (page history and authors); neurose (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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