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an emotional illness in which a person experiences strong feelings of fear or worry
The patient is clearly suffering from a neurosis.
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Recent Examples of neurosis
Leading a cast and writers’ room riddled with neuroses, his poker face and minimalist reactions have often left a trail of insecure young comedians on edge.
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Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
My remaining neuroses are laser-directed on his well-being.
—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025
Obviously, not all of it, because everyone has their own neuroses about what’s cool and what’s not cool or whatever, and that’s tough when there’s six people.
—Ian Cohen, Pitchfork, 30 Jan. 2025
But in an atmosphere where the gentle Peanuts was the cartoon hit of the day, there were no takers for his radical cartooning that satirized the neuroses and hypocrisies of society — until the Voice was launched.
—Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2025
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Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
My remaining neuroses are laser-directed on his well-being.
—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025
Obviously, not all of it, because everyone has their own neuroses about what’s cool and what’s not cool or whatever, and that’s tough when there’s six people.
—Ian Cohen, Pitchfork, 30 Jan. 2025
But in an atmosphere where the gentle Peanuts was the cartoon hit of the day, there were no takers for his radical cartooning that satirized the neuroses and hypocrisies of society — until the Voice was launched.
—Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neurosis
Noun
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Sounding the Alarm for Elder Justice The population of older adults is rapidly growing, and one in 10 experience abuse, neglect, and/or exploitation—a risk that is even higher for those living with dementia.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Losing Track of Time or Place People with dementia often become disoriented about time, dates, or locations.—
Brigid Dwyer,
Verywell Health,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Bynes’ attorney denied that the former actor had been diagnosed with schizophrenia.—
Christie D’Zurilla,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2025
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This valuable data includes information from patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, and other psychiatric illnesses.—
Molly Peck,
USA TODAY,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The novel’s dark genius is in treating Bateman’s bespoke consumerism as the deeper psychosis.—
Alexander Nazaryan,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Psychological assessments conducted by Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2019 and 2021 concluded Hale wasn't suffering from psychosis and recommended outpatient treatment.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Neurosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neurosis. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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