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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
Ruben Amorim had spent the previous year slowly folding in on himself, making his own neuroses institutional.
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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.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
Bad things happen when an AI chatbot latches onto one of your neuroses.
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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.
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Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for neurosis
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neurosis
Noun
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The lifetime cost of dementia care alone now exceeds $400,000 per person.
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However, the study was observational and does not prove that caffeine directly prevents dementia.
Noun
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Wendy Gledhill, Handy's partner and the mother of Michael Gledhill, reportedly told TMZ that her son was diagnosed with schizophrenia and had stopped taking his medications the week before Handy died.
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Schizoaffective disorder is a mental health condition that is marked by a mix of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression, mania and a milder form of mania called hypomania, according to the Mayo Clinic.
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In that setting, every user will be screened for cardiac issues and a family history of psychosis, and guided through their trip by two professional facilitators who have a doctor on call—and even then, some users experience a psychotic break or profound dissociative episodes.
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Prosecutors at this second trial say Dominguez, diagnosed with schizophrenia, used heavy and frequent doses of marijuana that heightened his psychosis and led to the attacks.
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“Neurosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neurosis. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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