Synonyms of neuroses

neuroses

noun

plural of neurosis

as in dementias

medical an emotional illness in which a person experiences strong feelings of fear or worry

The patient is clearly suffering from a neurosis.

Related Words

• dementias
• psychoses
• schizophrenias
• instabilities
• phobias
• hysterias
• insanities
• manias
• aberrations
• derangements
• rages
• deliriums
• irrationalities
• frenzies
• paranoias
• delusions
• lunacies
• obsessions
• hallucinations
• hallucinoses
• abnormalities
• senile dementias
• hypomanias
• monomanias

Dissimilar Words

• rationalities
• lucidities
• normalities
• minds
• reasonabilities

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of neuroses

Think back to the images of our dying planet in Interstellar, or the apocalyptic neuroses that course through Oppenheimer. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 July 2026

Writer-director Ari Aster interrogates not just the social and political turmoil of COVID-19, but also the way social media can exacerbate that unraveling of collective neuroses. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026

Jordan Harper’s new novel proves that noir can still channel the crises and neuroses of the moment, Carolyn Kellogg writes. — Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

Those traits historically idolized as feminine frailties (or diagnosed as feminine neuroses) are here reenvisioned as sources of extraordinary talent. — Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 2026

Ruben Amorim had spent the previous year slowly folding in on himself, making his own neuroses institutional. — Carl Anka, New York Times, 3 May 2026

Bad things happen when an AI chatbot latches onto one of your neuroses. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 8 Apr. 2026

No one is immune to the lampooning, even the dazed and confused sons and daughters who get sidelined and pawned off due to their parents’ ambitions, neuroses and desires to achieve greatness. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026

Some of the essays are benign and well-documented; tales of her own neuroses, and her obsessions with the health of her father, Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm creator Larry David. — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026