neurosis
Syllables: neu·ro·sisUK/n(j)ʊˈɹəʊ̯.sɪs//n(j)ʊˈɹoʊ̯.sɪs/
neurosis noun: 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.
Noun
neurosis (countable and uncountable, plural neuroses)
- 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
- In the period from Spinoza to the end of the 19th century, the reading of design into nature received such devastating attacks from naturalists to non-naturalists alike that there developed an epistemological neurosis which Von Baer aptly termed “teleophobia.”1952, D. Maurice Allan, “Towards a Natural Teleology”, in The Journal of Philosophy, volume 49, number 13, →DOI
- Synonyms:
- psychoneurosis[Appendix:Glossary
- Antonyms:
- physioneurosis
neurosis meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
neurosis in Tamil
- உளவழி நரம்பு நோய், நரம்புத்தளர்ச்சிநோய், நியூரோசிசு, உளக்கோளாறு, நரம்பியம், நரம்புத்தளர்வு
neurosis in Bengali
- স্নায়ুবৈকল্য, উদ্বায়ু
neurosis in Malayalam
- neurosis
- ഞരമ്പുരോഗം ñarampurōgaṁ
neurosis in Kannada
- ನರವಿಕಾರ, ನರವ್ಯಾಧಿ, ನರಕುತ್ತ, ಅರೆಬಗೆವಳಿಪು, ಮರುಳು, ಚಿತ್ತವಿಕೃತಿ
More languagesFewer languages
- neurosis in Vietnamese
- chứng loạn thần kinh chức năng
Synonyms of neurosis
- psychoneurosis[Appendix:Glossary
Antonyms
Forms of neurosis
| plural | neuroses |
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Origin of neurosis
From neuro- + -sis.
Words formed from neurosis
Words that rhyme with neurosis
- apotheosis
- symbiosis
- -osis
- abiosis
- diagnosis
- gnosis
- hypnosis
- lordosis
- arthrosis
- cytosis
- kyphosis
- meiosis
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- osmosis
- prognosis
- sclerosis
- stenosis
- synostosis
- theosis
- acanthocytosis
- acanthosis
- acidosis
- adiposis
- aerobiosis
- alkalosis
- amyloidosis
- anadiplosis
- anostosis
- aponeurosis
- apoptosis
- endocytosis
- exocytosis
- halitosis
- hemochromatosis
- ichthyosis
- koilocytosis
- lactosis
- leukoerythroblastosis
- miosis
- mitosis
- mononucleosis
- mycosis
- neoatherosclerosis
- ochronosis
- osteophytosis
- osteoporosis
- parahypnosis
- phagocytosis
- pinocytosis
- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
- potocytosis
- probiosis
- psychosis
- ptosis
- pyrosis
- retrognosis
- rubatosis
- silicosis
- simuliotoxicosis
- synchondrosis
- syndesmosis
Questions about neurosis
- What does neurosis mean?
- Neurosis means 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.
- What is neurosis in Tamil?
- Neurosis in Tamil is உளவழி நரம்பு நோய், நரம்புத்தளர்ச்சிநோய், நியூரோசிசு. See Neurosis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is neurosis?
- Neurosis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce neurosis?
- Neurosis is pronounced /n(j)ʊˈɹəʊ̯.sɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of neurosis?
- The plural of neurosis is neuroses.
Words near neurosis in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: neurosis (page history and authors); neurosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); neurosis (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ഞരമ്പുരോഗം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); neurosis (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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