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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 neurosis
Chief among them is Ullman, who, like Murphy, is somehow never fazed by the frenetic ups and downs of life at the school, and then there are the kids themselves, a motley bunch whose neuroses and camaraderie recall the psych ward in Milos Forman’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
The high-energy Dennen does it all with an upbeat attitude, a breezy charm and an endearing dose of neurosis, much like a Woody Allen character.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 July 2025
This doesn’t play well with guys predisposed to neurosis anyway.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 5 July 2025
But Aster, who’s exclusively interested in making the kind of films that should be reviewed straight onto a prescription pad, is too beholden to his neuroses for his latest movie to play like a cheap provocation.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 May 2025
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
The high-energy Dennen does it all with an upbeat attitude, a breezy charm and an endearing dose of neurosis, much like a Woody Allen character.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 July 2025
This doesn’t play well with guys predisposed to neurosis anyway.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 5 July 2025
But Aster, who’s exclusively interested in making the kind of films that should be reviewed straight onto a prescription pad, is too beholden to his neuroses for his latest movie to play like a cheap provocation.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neurosis
Noun
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The 83-year-old man’s family believes Theo is suffering from the beginning stages of undiagnosed dementia, according to WTVR.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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People between 50 and 60 years old who got six hours of sleep nightly had a higher risk of dementia later in life, while older adults who didn't sleep well at night, but napped often, had a greater risk of dying within the next five years.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Watch the interview on YouTube and the clip about managing his schizophrenia below.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
20 Oct. 2025
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Ellis has a history of schizophrenia, and her defense attorneys entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, WKYC reported.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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Lynne Ramsay’s upcoming Die, My Love, starring Jennifer Lawrence as a new mother gripped by a postpartum depression that devolves into psychosis, looks set to expand that canon.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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Elsewhere in the interview, the Oscar winner explained how her role as Grace alongside Pattinson's Jackson came about in the psychological drama, which is an adaptation of Ariana Harwicz’s 2017 novel about a new mother who develops postpartum depression and enters psychosis.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Neurosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neurosis. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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