neuroticismnoun [ U ]
uk/njʊəˈrɒt.ɪ.sɪ.zəm//nʊˈrɑː.t̬ə.sɪ.zəm/the condition of often feeling worried and nervous, often because of a mental illness:
Researchers found that high levels of neuroticism were linked to lower life expectancy.
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Mental & psychiatric disorders
- ad
- adjustment disorder
- age-associated memory impairment
- anhedonia
- anorexia nervosa
- dementia
- eating disorder
- learning difficulties
- male menopause
- melancholia
- neurotic
- non compos mentis
- paranoia
- sad
- schizophrenia
- schizophrenic
- seasonal affective disorder
- Sen
- Stockholm syndrome
- visual variant of Alzheimer's disease
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