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Meanings of neurosis in English
A mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction.
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Examples for "neuroticism"
Examples for "neuroticism"
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She had expected people higher in neuroticism to have the most problems.
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High neuroticism and difficulties increased risk, even without a stressful life event.
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Distributed reductions in cortical gray matter volumes were associated with increased neuroticism.
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Meta-analytic results highlighted the importance of Big Five neuroticism, extraversion, and conscientiousness.
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Higher baseline neuroticism was associated with poorer outcome across treatment conditions.
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It is, in other words, a psychoneurosis.
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It was a case of hysteria which had developed largely upon a basis of injury-therewas a traumatic psychoneurosis.
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On the other hand the benignant nature of a psychoneurosis may be in part attributed to the patient's appreciation of his affliction.
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The mental conditions leading to purposeless prevarication which supervene in the real hysterical mental states, or during the course of traumatic psychoneurosis are well known.
Usage of neurosis in English
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In practice, neurosis is always associated with some kind of wrong use.
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As usual, Gurney was exactly on time-lessa virtue than a neurosis.
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Apparently she had lost her fear of trees by channeling another neurosis.
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These include phobias, depression, mania, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and some forms of neurosis.
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Maisie's mind couldn't bear the reality, so it escaped into a neurosis.
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It is the turning-point of the entire conception of the neurosis.
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So it was really an exploration of Larry's neurosis, Hines said.
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The other factors are merely those which play their part in any neurosis.
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We're all in favor of citizens with a neurosis against murder.
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Out of that maladaptation and the discontent and rebellion will arise her neurosis.
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Epstein's views reflect a wider neurosis about the meaning of feminism.
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He was merely the victim of a type of land neurosis.
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The test, upon his taking it, showed only a mild neurosis.
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If this pattern of regression persists and prevails, a narcissistic neurosis is formed.
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You'd be surprised how many people experience some form of neurosis or psychosis.
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But hating Barack Obama or George W. Bush is a neurosis.
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