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neuroses Definition


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neurosis
noun neuroses
    1. A mental disorder that causes obsessive fears, depression and unreasonable behaviour. Compare psychosis.
      Thesaurus: compulsion, deviation, instability, mental disorder, abnormality, affliction, derangement, disturbance, obsession, phobia, maladjustment.
    2. colloq
      An anxiety or obsession.
Etymology: 18c.



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