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noun
The quality or state of being neurotic
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: neurosis, psychoneurosis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mental disorder, mental disturbance, disturbance, psychological disorder, folie
Narrower terms: hysteria, hysterical neurosis, anxiety neurosis
History
Etymology tree English neurotic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English neuroticism From neurotic + -ism.
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