neurosis

noun

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There are 3 syllables in the word neurosis.

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Definition of neurosis:

neurosis (noun):: anxious or obsessive behaviour; a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction.; a mental and emotional disorder that affects only part of the personality, is accompanied by a less distorted perception of reality than in a psychosis, does not result in disturbance of the use of language, and is accompanied by various physical, physiological, and mental disturbances (such as visceral symptoms, anxieties, or phobias)

Synonyms for neurosis:

aberration

anxiety

anxiety neurosis

delirium

delusion

dementia

derangement

disturbance

frenzy

hysteria

hysterical neurosis

insanity

instability

irrationality

lunacy

madness

mania

mental disorder

mental disturbance

neuroticism

obsession

paranoia

phobia

psychological disorder

psychoneurosis

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Antonyms for neurosis:

adjustment

balance

calm

calmness

certainty

common sense

conformity

fact

logic

mind

normality

peace

prudence

reality

sagaciousness

sagacity

sageness

sameness

saneness

sanity

sapience

sense

sensibleness

soundness

truth

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