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neuroticism

neuroticism noun: the quality or state of being neurotic.

Noun

neuroticism (countable and uncountable, plural neuroticisms)

  1. The quality or state of being neurotic
    • Your neuroticism is getting out of hand.
    • Eysenck has suggested the three dimensions of neuroticism, psychoticism and introversion-extraversion.1964, John Michael Argyle, Psychology & Social Problems, page 75

neuroticism meaning in Tamil

neuroticism in Tamil

உளநோய் வகை

Forms of neuroticism

pluralneuroticisms

Origin of neuroticism

From neurotic + -ism.

Questions about neuroticism

What does neuroticism mean?
Neuroticism means the quality or state of being neurotic.
What is neuroticism in Tamil?
Neuroticism in Tamil is உளநோய் வகை. See Neuroticism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is neuroticism?
Neuroticism is a noun.
What is the plural of neuroticism?
The plural of neuroticism is neuroticisms.

Words near neuroticism in the dictionary

  1. neurothesiometer
  2. neurothesiometers
  3. Neuroths
  4. neurotic
  5. neurotically
  6. neuroticism
  7. neuroticisms
  8. neuroticistic
  9. neuroticization
  10. neuroticize
  11. neuroticized

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