neurosis
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There are 3 syllables in the word neurosis.How to pronounce neurosis:
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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- nephilim
- nepali
- nelia
- negroni
- neglected
- necklaces
- nebula
- neatening
- navajo
- nautilus
- narcistic
- namesake
- myriam
- myriads
- myolysis
- mutineer
- mutation
- mustafa
- mullion
- mulholland
- mufasa
- muddier
- muckraker
- muazzin
- motorbus
- motherboard
- mortician
- moria
- mordecai
- morally
- moralize
- monterey
- montagu
- monsieur
- mononym
- monocle
- molecules
- moldering
- moiety
- modular
- mnemosyne
- mnemonic
- miura
- mithusa
- mithridate
- miswritten
- misfeasor
- misenter
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- mirella
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