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n. - A mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known brain or organic dysfunction.

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Usage examples (33)
  • It's only another -- what you call neurosis, and what I call kink!
  • I would have guessed that high neurosis is meant to be correlated with low love in real life.
  • We have already explained the word neurosis, but we repeat here the definition given by Dr.J. R. Cocke.
  • The neurosis is setting in … the guilt, the guilt … think I need my meds … what IS the meaning of life, anyway????
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