noun
Meaning 1
Neurosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
psychoneurosis
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noun
Meaning 2
a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: neurosis, neuroticism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mental disorder, mental disturbance, disturbance, psychological disorder, folie
Narrower terms: hysteria, hysterical neurosis, anxiety neurosis
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- English neurosis English psychoneurosis From psycho- + neurosis.