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an emotional illness in which a person experiences strong feelings of fear or worry
The patient is clearly suffering from a neurosis.
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Recent Examples of neuroses
The Comeback’s blunt depiction of Hollywood neuroses has been ahead of the curve since its 2005 debut.
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Caroline Framke, The Atlantic, 14 May 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
This remains a great part for Hathaway, who can hint at all sorts of neuroses beneath a character’s surface pep.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Apr. 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
The future will belong to people with a very specific combination of personality traits and psychosexual neuroses.
—Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Caroline Framke, The Atlantic, 14 May 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
This remains a great part for Hathaway, who can hint at all sorts of neuroses beneath a character’s surface pep.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Apr. 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
The future will belong to people with a very specific combination of personality traits and psychosexual neuroses.
—Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Neuroses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neuroses. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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