NEUROSIS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

neurosis

noun

Definition of neurosis

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.

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Recent Examples of neurosis Wonders is also terrific, a ball of neuroses and repression, envious of Elliot’s exploits. — ABC News, 29 July 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for neurosis

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Noun

Brain disease in dogs and people Our work on aging dogs all began with a desire to develop better treatments for dementia.

— Julie Moreno, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026
However, among individuals who already had dementia, glucosamine users had a higher mortality compared to similar non-users.

— Shiv Sudhakar, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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Prosecutors questioned the schizophrenia diagnosis and pointed out that suffering from mental illness is not the same as meeting the legal standard of insanity.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
In addition to fentanyl, toxicology tests detected alprazolam, commonly known as Xanax; the muscle relaxant methocarbamol; and quetiapine, a medication primarily used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and, in some cases, depression.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of schizophrenia

Noun

Defense attorneys had argued that Salazar suffered from past and current episodes of psychosis and was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2019.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Instead, the defense sought to persuade the jury that the 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse was not criminally responsible because of mental disease, a rare condition called postpartum psychosis.

— MICHAEL CASEY, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026

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