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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
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This is the conclusion of a study led by researchers from Florida's Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute, who suspect that—just like some adult humans with dementia are occasionally found wandering far from their homes—dolphins may become similarly disoriented when suffering from Alzheimer's.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Another 2025 study by researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, found that adopting the MIND diet, even later in life, may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.—
Arianna Huffington,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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Ed Gein died in 1984 from cancer Following his arrest, Gein was diagnosed with schizophrenia, per A&E, and declared mentally unfit for trial, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.—
Aya Al-Hakim,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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He was diagnosed with schizophrenia after he was taken into custody.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
6 Oct. 2025
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Just as Gein claimed his mother's death drove him to madness and pushed him to commit horrific crimes to fulfill his longing to quite literally embody her, Norman's warped devotion to the late Norma is ultimately revealed as the trigger for his descent into psychosis.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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The sudden disruption of gaming habits could also trigger psychosis.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Neurosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neurosis. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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