neurosis

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Etymology

neuro- + -osis

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

Noun

neurosis (plural neuroses)

1. (pathology) A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear
   • Usage note: This term is no longer used medically/professionally.

Usage notes

According to Wikipedia the term is no longer part of mainstream psychiatric terminology in the United States, though it continues to be employed in psychoanalytic theory and practice, and in various other theoretical disciplines.

Derived terms

• neurotic
• neuroticism
• psychoneurosis

Translations

mental disorder

• Catalan: neurosi (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神經症 (cmn), 神经症 (cmn) (shénjīngzhèng)

• Czech: neuróza (cs) f
• Dutch: neurose (nl) f, zenuwziekte (nl) f
• Esperanto: neŭrozo (eo)
• Finnish: neuroosi (fi)
• French: névrose (fr) f

• German: Neurose (de) f
• Greek: νεύρωση (el) (névrosi) f 
• Hungarian: neurózis (hu)
• Irish: néaróis (ga) f
• Italian: nevrosi (it) f, neurosi (it) f
• Japanese: 神経症 (ja) (しんけいしょう, shinkeishō), ノイローゼ (ja) (noirōze)
• Russian: невроз (ru) (nevróz) m 
• Spanish: neurosis (es) f

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