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Word: Neurosis
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 18th century: modern Latin, from neuro- ‘of nerves’ + -osis
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
njʊəˈrəʊsɪs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a mental condition that is not caused by organic disease, involving symptoms of stress (depression, anxiety, obsessive behaviour, hypochondria) but not a radical loss of touch with reality.
Short Definition:relatively mild mental illness
Examples:- Freud's two-stage account of neurosis
- psychoses, neuroses, and personality disorders
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