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Recent Examples of neuroticism
People most sensitive are those who score low in self-esteem and high in neuroticism, who are fearful of negative evaluation, and who are generally pessimistic.
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Big Think, 13 Aug. 2025
Higher neuroticism means greater sensitivity to stress and negative emotion, which can tip into anxiety, depression, or burnout.
—Dave Winsborough, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Participants who scored high in neuroticism (more likely to experience anxiety or stress) preferred private workouts rather than group fitness classes.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 10 July 2025
At its core, though, The White Lotus continues to put a mirror up to the bourgeoisie’s neuroticism, with luxury travel as its lens.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2025
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Big Think, 13 Aug. 2025
Higher neuroticism means greater sensitivity to stress and negative emotion, which can tip into anxiety, depression, or burnout.
—Dave Winsborough, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Participants who scored high in neuroticism (more likely to experience anxiety or stress) preferred private workouts rather than group fitness classes.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 10 July 2025
At its core, though, The White Lotus continues to put a mirror up to the bourgeoisie’s neuroticism, with luxury travel as its lens.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neuroticism
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Michael Cox’s review of the 1998 World Cup — France, Zinedine Zidane, the weirdness around Brazilian Ronaldo — is another superb piece of nostalgia.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Once the film slowly starts to dip into psychological-warfare territory, the music begins to mirror the sheer weirdness and mental unraveling happening onscreen.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
22 Jan. 2026
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There's a melancholic tone, an aesthetic darkness and a general abnormality to the new Marvel series that makes it unlike any Marvel series or film before it.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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Researchers are also finding that the abnormalities in the immune system during the preclinical stage may be coming from sites in the body other than the joints.—
Kevin Deane,
The Conversation,
23 Jan. 2026
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Trump was not the only person present at the executive order signing ceremony to have personal testimony regarding drug and alcohol addiction.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Jan. 2026
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Here is a book about addiction that offers itself as a kind of counter-addiction, an example of the compounding value of sustained attention.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Those who place responsibility on individuals and employers saw the ACA as perversion of the government’s purpose.—
Robert Applebaum,
The Conversation,
19 Dec. 2025
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There’s the younger wife who falls in love with the woman her husband hires for a threesome, then walks off 10 minutes later with a $210m settlement once Nash acquires video evidence of his extensive perversions.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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Brand equity is the sum of all associations, experiences, and predispositions that consumers have developed toward a brand.—
Steven Wolfe Pereira,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Some women, like Rani, have a genetic predisposition to convert codeine into morphine faster and in higher quantities than the rest of the general population.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people — including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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Hiring the same team is becoming a Baillie trait (they re-hired the same architect for the Southern Ocean Lodge rebuild), so for Huka Lodge, Virginia Fisher, the interior designer behind the 1984 renovation, was enlisted 40 years later.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Neuroticism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neuroticism. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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