neurosis
noun /njʊəˈrəʊsɪs/
/nʊˈrəʊsɪs/
[countable, uncountable] (plural neuroses
/njʊəˈrəʊsiːz/
/nʊˈrəʊsiːz/
)- (medical) a mental illness in which a person suffers strong feelings of fear and worry
- Those of anxious temperament are more likely to develop anxiety neurosis.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- anxiety
- have
- suffer
- suffer from
- …
- neurosis about
- any strong fear or worry
- the director's neurosis about actors arriving late for filming
- This obsession with time is a modern neurosis and one we all have to live with.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- anxiety
- have
- suffer
- suffer from
- …
- neurosis about
Word Originmid 18th cent.: modern Latin, from neuro- ‘of nerves’ + -osis.