neurosis

English

Etymology

neuro- +‎ -osis

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

Noun

neurosis (countable and uncountable, plural neuroses)

(pathology) A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear

Usage notes

According to Wikipedia, the term is no longer part of mainstream psychiatric terminology in the United States, though it continues to be employed in psychoanalytic theory and practice, and in various other theoretical disciplines.

Derived terms

Terms derived from neurosis

Translations

mental disorder

Belarusian: неўро́з m (njeŭróz)
Bulgarian: невро́за f (nevróza)
Catalan: neurosi (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 神經症 (zh), 神经症 (zh) (shénjīngzhèng)
Czech: neuróza (cs) f
Dutch: neurose (nl) f, zenuwziekte f
Esperanto: neŭrozo
Finnish: neuroosi (fi)
French: névrose (fr) f
German: Neurose (de) f
Greek: νεύρωση (el) f (névrosi)
Hungarian: neurózis (hu)

Irish: néaróis f
Italian: nevrosi (it) f, neurosi f
Japanese: 神経症 (しんけいしょう, shinkeishō), ノイローゼ (ja) (noirōze)
Korean: 신경증 (ko) (sin-gyeongjeung)
Portuguese: neurose (pt) f
Russian: невро́з (ru) m (nevróz)
Slovak: neuróza f
Spanish: neurosis (es) f
Swedish: neuros (sv) c
Turkish: nevroz (tr)
Ukrainian: невро́з m (nevróz)
Vietnamese: chứng loạn thần kinh chức năng

Anagrams

resinous, seniours

Spanish

Noun

neurosis f (plural neurosis)

neurosis

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