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

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

Rudd’s natural air of genial tension, of neurosis without an edge, plays into his character’s rigidly disciplined but relentlessly upbeat domesticity. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 29 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