neurosis

noun

neu·ro·sis nu̇-ˈrō-səs How to pronounce neurosis (audio)

nyu̇-

plural neuroses nu̇-ˈrō-ˌsēz How to pronounce neurosis (audio)

nyu̇-

: 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)

Example Sentences

LBJ by legend watched the evening news about Vietnam simultaneously on three TVs, a ticket to a neurosis and night sweats.

Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal, 2 Dec. 2005 He's self-conscious about few things, period, and so utterly lacking in neurosis that it's unnerving, frankly.

Ned Zeman, Vanity Fair, February 2001 None of this official intervention did much to calm the fretfulness about maidservants, for the anxiety about their being both unreliable yet indispensable marked the birth of an authentically bourgeois neurosis.

Simon Schama, The Embarrassment of Riches, 1988

Recent Examples on the Web Markus Zwink has expanded the score, written by Rochus Dedler of Oberammergau in the 1810s, toward a Beethovian muscularity, with hints of Mahlerian neurosis amplifying Judas’s dilemma.

Dominic Green, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2022 So an England-Germany matchup in the final is hardly a surprise—and not just because of the England men’s team’s long-running neurosis about losing to Germany in World Cups and Euros.

Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 29 July 2022 But go ahead and wash his neurosis right out of your car, and send it on its way!

John Hodgman, New York Times, 9 June 2022 My home town, on the other hand, had no capacity whatsoever to exalt my neurosis into something thrilling, and I was supremely disgruntled to find myself back there—and back in my old room in my parents’ house.

The New Yorker, 23 May 2022 Through Jessica, Weerasethakul pursues anxiety and neurosis in order to exorcize them.

Armond White, National Review, 15 Apr. 2022 While Corden was capable but miscast in Murphy’s film, Wetzel fuels the character with a balanced brew of middle-aged neurosis, paternal protectiveness and playful flamboyance.

Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2022 So why are our authorities catering to neurosis and fear rather than explaining the truth: that the virus is never going away, and the way to protect yourself and others is to get vaccinated and boosted.

Noah Millman, The Week, 16 Dec. 2021 Our dependency on a byzantine, self-defeating, slow-moving, money-sucking tangle of procedures is a kind of societal neurosis.

Justin Davidson, Curbed, 30 June 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin neurōsis "any of various conditions (as coma or paralysis) involving impairment of the sensory and motor systems without local disease or fever," from Greek neûron "sinew, tendon, nerve" + New Latin -ōsis -osis — more at nerve entry 1

Note: The Latin term neurosis was introduced in the sense given in the etymology ("sensus et motus laesi, sine pyrexia et sine morbo locali") by the Scottish physician William Cullen (1710-90) in Synopsis nosologiæ methodicæ (Edinburgh, 1769), p. 274. Cullen later used the word in English: "In this place I propose to comprehend, under the title of Neuroses, all those preternatural affections of sense or motion, which are without pyrexia as part of the primary disease; and all those which do not depend upon a topical affection of the organs, but upon a more general affection of the nervous system, and of those powers on which sense and motion more especially depend." (First Lines of the Practice of Physic, for the Use of the Students in the University of Edinburgh, vol. 3 [Edinburgh, 1783], p. 2).

First Known Use

circa 1784, in the meaning defined above

单词	neurosis
释义	neurosis noun neu·ro·sis nu̇-ˈrō-səs nyu̇- plural neuroses nu̇-ˈrō-ˌsēz nyu̇- : 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) Example Sentences LBJ by legend watched the evening news about Vietnam simultaneously on three TVs, a ticket to a neurosis and night sweats. Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal, 2 Dec. 2005 He's self-conscious about few things, period, and so utterly lacking in neurosis that it's unnerving, frankly. Ned Zeman, Vanity Fair, February 2001 None of this official intervention did much to calm the fretfulness about maidservants, for the anxiety about their being both unreliable yet indispensable marked the birth of an authentically bourgeois neurosis. Simon Schama, The Embarrassment of Riches, 1988 Recent Examples on the Web Markus Zwink has expanded the score, written by Rochus Dedler of Oberammergau in the 1810s, toward a Beethovian muscularity, with hints of Mahlerian neurosis amplifying Judas’s dilemma. Dominic Green, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2022 So an England-Germany matchup in the final is hardly a surprise—and not just because of the England men’s team’s long-running neurosis about losing to Germany in World Cups and Euros. Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 29 July 2022 But go ahead and wash his neurosis right out of your car, and send it on its way! John Hodgman, New York Times, 9 June 2022 My home town, on the other hand, had no capacity whatsoever to exalt my neurosis into something thrilling, and I was supremely disgruntled to find myself back there—and back in my old room in my parents’ house. The New Yorker, 23 May 2022 Through Jessica, Weerasethakul pursues anxiety and neurosis in order to exorcize them. Armond White, National Review, 15 Apr. 2022 While Corden was capable but miscast in Murphy’s film, Wetzel fuels the character with a balanced brew of middle-aged neurosis, paternal protectiveness and playful flamboyance. Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2022 So why are our authorities catering to neurosis and fear rather than explaining the truth: that the virus is never going away, and the way to protect yourself and others is to get vaccinated and boosted. Noah Millman, The Week, 16 Dec. 2021 Our dependency on a byzantine, self-defeating, slow-moving, money-sucking tangle of procedures is a kind of societal neurosis. Justin Davidson, Curbed, 30 June 2021 See More Word History Etymology borrowed from New Latin neurōsis "any of various conditions (as coma or paralysis) involving impairment of the sensory and motor systems without local disease or fever," from Greek neûron "sinew, tendon, nerve" + New Latin -ōsis -osis — more at nerve entry 1 Note: The Latin term neurosis was introduced in the sense given in the etymology ("sensus et motus laesi, sine pyrexia et sine morbo locali") by the Scottish physician William Cullen (1710-90) in Synopsis nosologiæ methodicæ (Edinburgh, 1769), p. 274. Cullen later used the word in English: "In this place I propose to comprehend, under the title of Neuroses, all those preternatural affections of sense or motion, which are without pyrexia as part of the primary disease; and all those which do not depend upon a topical affection of the organs, but upon a more general affection of the nervous system, and of those powers on which sense and motion more especially depend." (First Lines of the Practice of Physic, for the Use of the Students in the University of Edinburgh, vol. 3 [Edinburgh, 1783], p. 2). First Known Use circa 1784, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing neurosis anxiety neurosis anxiety neurosis Medical Definition neurosis noun neu·ro·sis n(y)u̇-ˈrō-səs plural neuroses -ˌsēz : 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 (as visceral symptoms, anxieties, or phobias) neurosis noun as in dementia medical an emotional illness in which a person experiences strong feelings of fear or worry The patient is clearly suffering from a neurosis. Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance dementia schizophrenia psychosis phobia paranoia delusion hysteria irrationality instability insanity derangement madness mania delirium unreasonableness aberration lunacy frenzy rage obsession hallucinosis hypomania monomania hallucination abnormality unsoundness senile dementia dementedness Antonyms & Near Antonyms rationality lucidity reasonableness normality soundness sanity reasonability mind saneness rationalness See More
随便看	ascertains asceses ascesis ascetic ascetical ascetical theology ascetically asceticism asceticisms ascetics Asch aschaffite Ascham aschelmintheses aschelminthesses aschelminths Aschersonia aschistic Aschiza asci ascian ascians ascidi- ascidia Ascidia

neurosis

noun

Example Sentences

Word History

Phrases Containing neurosis

Medical Definition

noun

noun