Synonyms of neurosis

neurosis

noun

as in dementia

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

• dementia
• schizophrenia
• psychosis
• instability
• phobia
• delusion
• hysteria
• irrationality
• insanity
• paranoia
• madness
• derangement
• mania
• delirium
• aberration
• rage
• unreasonableness
• frenzy
• lunacy
• obsession
• hypomania
• hallucinosis
• senile dementia
• hallucination
• abnormality
• monomania
• unsoundness
• dementedness

Dissimilar Words

• rationality
• lucidity
• reasonableness
• normality
• soundness
• reasonability
• sanity
• mind
• rationalness
• saneness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of neurosis

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