compensation neurosis

English

Noun

compensation neurosis (uncountable)

1. A psychic symptom of an injured claimant where he practices a rejectionist attitude towards gainful activity not because his sufferings induced by the injury have transformed into somatic complaints but due to character faults or perverse legal understanding and on this basis demands that the ensuing financial losses be compensated by the tortfeasor.

   Synonym: accident neurosis

Translations

Rejection of gainful activity after an injury because of vice

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: korvausneuroosi
• German: Begehrensneurose f, Rentenneurose f; Tendenzneurose f (rare), Rechtsneurose f (dated), Entschädigungsneurose f (less common); Unfallneurose (uncommon and misleading, since this has also meant any neurosis following causally from an accident, but only the described one excludes liability for the ensuing losses)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: kompensationsneuros c