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neuroticisms

noun

plural of neuroticism
as in abnormalities

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  1. abnormalities
  2. perversions
  3. addictions
  4. leanings
  5. practices
  6. characteristics
  7. customs
Noun
  • West alleges Gilkar and Ahmed asked her to terminate the pregnancy under a provision in their surrogacy agreement covering serious fetal abnormalities.
    — Stepheny Price , Jasmine Baehr , Shannon Bream , Bill Mears, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Although Verticillium wilt symptoms differ among hosts, abnormalities like leaf yellowing (chlorosis) or browning, wilting, and branch dieback raise suspicion of infection across the board.
    — Emily Leahy, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of abnormalities
Noun
  • But there’s more to it than gleeful perversions of genre.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
  • This garish cavalcade of perversions, which just premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, should have been shocking and transgressive; the pieces are certainly there.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2026
Definition of perversions
Noun
  • Vancouver, for all its celebrity hangouts and major studio and streamer film shoots, is also home to a grimy downtown eastside neighborhood where getting off addictions and out of homelessness for many remains a constant struggle.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
  • And more than 200 patients battling various addictions have consequently been left with nowhere to go.
    — Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of addictions
Noun
  • States’ classroom lessons don’t always map neatly with their political leanings.
    — Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Cabrera’s abstract leanings, which differed from nationalist motifs then popular with Mexican muralists, drew her closer to the Generación de la Ruptura movement of artists, beginning in the 1950s.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of leanings
Noun
  • Hays said donors can vote with their feet and move to financial firms that have smoother practices.
    — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Asked about the potential ill effects on artists’ practices of the large-scale destruction of books, weighed against the possible benefits of technological progress, Chan and Paul’ had a spirited exchange.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of practices
Noun
  • Half a century of population change Daniel Adams, an R&D scientist at ORNL and lead author of the study, said that LandScan Mosaic is the first globally available population dataset released with this set of characteristics.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The team had surveyed the site the previous year, McLean said, and found several characteristics consistent with early medieval church architecture.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of characteristics
Noun
  • Getting products to other places around the world means customs, shipping and on-the-ground distribution networks.
    — Wayne Elsey, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Working in a creative field only strengthened Hayley’s desire to make every element of the celebration feel intentional rather than checking off a list of wedding customs.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of customs
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