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neurosis noun

  /n(j)ʉˈɹo.sɪs/ , /n(j)ʊˈɹoʊ̯.sɪs/ , /n(j)ʊˈɹɐʉ̯.səs/ , /n(j)ʊˈɹəʉ̯.sɪs/ , /n(j)ʊˈɹəʊ̯.sɪs/ , /n(j)ʊˈɾoː.sɪs/
  • (dated, pathology, ;, current in, _, psychology, and) A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear which differ from normal measures by their intensity, which disorder results from a failure to compromise or properly adjust during the developmental stages of life, between normal human instinctual impulses and the demands of human society. [from the 1700s]
 neurose, zenuwziekte
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