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neurosis
neurosis /njʊəˈrəʊ.sɪs/ aep /nʊrˈoʊ-/ noun [C or U] (PLURAL neuroses)
► F0 a mental illness resulting in high levels of anxiety, unreasonable fears and behaviour and, often, a need to repeat actions for no reason: » If you want my opinion, I think she's suffering from some form of neurosis.» She's obsessively clean - it's almost become a neurosis with her.Thesaurus+: ↑Mental and psychiatric disorders |