neurosis
gb/nʊɹˈoʊsəs/ us/nʊɹˈoʊsəs/
C1
Englisch
mánia, neurózis
NOMEN
C1
INFORMAL
1
mánia
B2
Verwendungsmuster:
a neurosis (about/over) [something]
He has a neurosis about being late, so he arrives everywhere thirty minutes early.
Mániája, hogy ne késsen el, ezért mindenhova harminc perccel korábban érkezik.
Her neurosis over germs got worse after she read too much news about outbreaks.
A kórokozókkal kapcsolatos mániája rosszabb lett, miután túl sok hírt olvasott a járványkitörésekről.
I don’t think it’s rational—it’s just a neurosis I’ve had since childhood.
Beispiele für Lernende
He has a neurosis about cleanliness.
Mániája a tisztaság.
My neurosis is checking the door lock many times.
Az a mániám, hogy sokszor ellenőrzöm az ajtózárat.
Häufiger Fehler:
Do not confuse neurosis (worry/fear) with neuron (a nerve cell) or psychosis (loss of contact with reality).
Bedeutung
irrational worry or obsession
Wortverbindungen
a neurosis about cleanliness
|a deep-seated neurosis
|a minor neurosis
|a growing neurosis
|develop a neurosis
|fuel a neurosis
|trigger a neurosis
|overcome a neurosis
|a neurosis over money
|a neurosis about failure
Synonyme
obsession (Often focuses on repeated thoughts; not always driven by anxiety.)
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fixation (Emphasizes being stuck on one idea or concern.)
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anxiety (Broader feeling of worry; a neurosis suggests a more persistent, exaggerated pattern.)
Antonyme
calm (A relaxed state without persistent worry.)
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peace of mind (Freedom from anxiety and preoccupation.)
Themen
emotions
|mental_health
|daily_life
Definition
a strong worry about something that is not logical
an excessive, unreasonable worry or fixation that affects how someone thinks or behaves
NOMEN
C2
TECHNICAL
2
neurózis
C1
Verwendungsmuster:
[someone] suffers from neurosis; a neurosis of [type]
The older textbook uses the term neurosis to describe several anxiety-related conditions.
A régebbi tankönyv a neurózis kifejezést több, szorongással összefüggő állapot leírására használja.
She was treated for what was then called a neurosis, though today it might be diagnosed differently.
Azzal kezelték, amit akkoriban neurózisnak neveztek, bár ma valószínűleg másként diagnosztizálnák.
In that period, doctors often distinguished neurosis from psychosis.
Beispiele für Lernende
The doctor called it a neurosis in older reports.
A régebbi jelentésekben az orvos neurózisnak nevezte.
Häufiger Fehler:
In modern clinical English, specific diagnoses (e.g., anxiety disorders, OCD) are often used instead of neurosis.
Bedeutung
old clinical term for anxiety disorder
Wortverbindungen
suffer from neurosis
|treat neurosis
|childhood neurosis
|severe neurosis
|neurotic symptoms
|anxiety neurosis
|a diagnosis of neurosis
|underlying neurosis
|manage neurosis
|case of neurosis
Synonyme
anxiety disorder (Modern diagnostic umbrella; not a direct one-to-one match.)
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mental disorder (Much broader; includes many conditions beyond neurosis.)
Antonyme
mental health (General state of psychological well-being rather than disorder.)
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psychological well-being (Emphasizes stable, healthy functioning.)
Themen
mental_health
|medicine
|psychology
Definition
an older medical word for an anxiety-based mental disorder
a psychological disorder characterized mainly by anxiety and distressing symptoms without a loss of contact with reality, used especially in older or non-specialist writing
Grammatik
Grundform
neurosis
IPA
GB/nʊɹˈoʊsəs/
US/nʊɹˈoʊsəs/
Silben & Betonung
neur - os - is (3 Silben)
Stress on 2nd syllable (os)
Wortformen
Noun
- Base: neurosis
- Plural: neuroses, neurosis
Wortfamilie
Forms
neuroses
noun
Core family
neurotic
adjective
Advanced or less common
neurotically
adverb
neuroticism
noun
Ausdrücke
a touch of neurosis
1/ə tˈʌt͡ʃ əv nʊɹˈoʊsəs/
fixed phrase
informal
a slight tendency to worry
a little bit of irrational worry
Beispiele
- I have a touch of neurosis about deadlines, so I finish early.
- His constant hand-washing felt like more than a touch of neurosis.
- She jokes that her color-coded closet is just a touch of neurosis.
Beispiele für Lernende
- I have a touch of neurosis about being late.
develop a neurosis
1/dɪvˈɛləp ə nʊɹˈoʊsəs/
fixed phrase
begin to have a neurosis
to start to worry too much about something
Beispiele
- After the break-in, she developed a neurosis about locking the windows.
- Some people develop a neurosis over minor health symptoms.
- He feared he was developing a neurosis from constant work pressure.
Beispiele für Lernende
- He developed a neurosis about safety.
have a neurosis about [something]
1/hˈæv ə nʊɹˈoʊsəs əbˈaʊt sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
informal
be irrationally worried about something
to worry too much about something
Beispiele
- He has a neurosis about making mistakes, so he checks every email five times.
- I have a neurosis about my phone battery dying, even when it’s at 80%.
- She has a neurosis about being judged in meetings.
Beispiele für Lernende
- I have a neurosis about germs.
neurosis and psychosis
1/nʊɹˈoʊsəs ˈænd saɪkˈoʊsəs/
fixed phrase
technical
two traditional mental health categories
two old categories: anxiety problems vs losing touch with reality
Beispiele
- The lecture explained how earlier psychiatry distinguished between neurosis and psychosis.
- In the article, the author uses the old neurosis-and-psychosis framework.
- Students often confuse neurosis and psychosis because both involve mental distress.