| 单词 | suburban neurosis |
| 释义 | > as lemmassuburban neurosis suburban neurosis n. a set of psychological, or psychological and physical symptoms, said to occur particularly amongst suburban housewives, associated with feelings of boredom, anxiety, loneliness, and lack of personal fulfilment; cf. new town blues n. at new town n.1 Compounds 2.Now chiefly historical or represented as a discredited concept. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > neurosis > other forms of neurosis neuromimesis1873 accident neurosis1896 suburban neurosis1938 Munchausen syndrome1951 Polle syndrome1977 chronic factitious disorder1980 fabricated or induced illness1994 1938 S. J. L. Taylor in Lancet 26 Mar. 759/1 I hope to show that environment plays no less a part in the production of what I venture to call ‘the suburban neurosis’ than it does in the production of physical disease. 1962 Listener 6 Dec. 948/2 The so-called ‘suburban neurosis’ is due to society's having failed to provide a constructive role for these mothers. 2001 B. Montgomery & L. Morris Living with Anxiety 20 If the patient is a woman, her anxiety is likely to be dismissed with labels such as ‘suburban neurosis’ or ‘housewife's syndrome’. < as lemmas |
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