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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
Of course, Solomonik is far from the first person to explore the inherent absurdity of trans life by exaggerating that absurdity, but so rarely is the transmasc psyche in all of its neuroses explored in such a way.
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Ana Osorno, Them., 21 Nov. 2025
Assembled by a team of special technicians at a dedicated facility in Tochigi, Japan, the NSX offered a neurosis-free driving experience on a daily basis.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
Unfortunately, my neuroses can rack up unnecessary expense.
—Kristen Geil, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
Ephron gives Rachel, the character modeled after herself, a handful of upper middle-class neuroses and places her in group therapy.
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
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Ana Osorno, Them., 21 Nov. 2025
Assembled by a team of special technicians at a dedicated facility in Tochigi, Japan, the NSX offered a neurosis-free driving experience on a daily basis.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
Unfortunately, my neuroses can rack up unnecessary expense.
—Kristen Geil, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
Ephron gives Rachel, the character modeled after herself, a handful of upper middle-class neuroses and places her in group therapy.
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neurosis
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But researchers worry that repeated, less dramatic blows, such as heading the ball, can also have long-term effects; there is evidence that players who regularly head the ball are at greater risk of dementia than those, such as goalkeepers, who do not.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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This included no meaningful excess of memory loss or dementia, depression, sleep disturbance, erectile dysfunction, weight gain, nausea, fatigue or headache.—
Sara Moniuszko,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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Antipsychotic drugs are the frontline treatment for schizophrenia, although these medications come with serious side effects, and not all people with the condition respond well to them.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
6 Feb. 2026
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The current edition, DSM-5-TR, contains more than 300 distinct mental disorders such as schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder and alcohol use disorder.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
28 Jan. 2026
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There is nothing compassionate about leaving someone suffering from psychosis or addiction to rot on a sidewalk.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Because everybody’s psychosis comes out in these pressure moments.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Neurosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neurosis. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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