Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neurosis

/n(j)ʊˈɹoʊ̯.sɪs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: neu-ro-sis
IPA: /n(j)ʊˈɹoʊ̯.sɪs/

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear differing from normal measures by its intensity, and resulting from a failure to compromise or properly adjust during the developmental stages of life, between normal human instinctual impulses and the demands of human society.

Countable; Dated; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"On inquiry it was found that this neurosis corresponded in time with the oncome of the catamenia."
"In the period from Spinoza to the end of the 19th century, the reading of design into nature received such devastating attacks from naturalists to non-naturalists alike that there developed an epistemological neurosis which Von Baer aptly termed “teleophobia.”"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English -sis English neurosis From neuro- + -sis.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /n(j)ʊˈɹoʊ̯.sɪs/
British English: /n(j)ʊˈɹəʊ̯.sɪs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

neuroses (plural)

Derived Forms

aeroneurosis angioneurosis neurosal neurotic neuroticism physioneurosis psychoneurosis trophoneurosis

Phrases

accident neurosis actual neurosis anxiety neurosis character neurosis compensation neurosis compulsion neurosis

Synonyms

psychoneurosis[Appendix:Glossary neuroticism psychoneurosis

Antonyms

physioneurosis

Rhymes With

diagnosis prognosis sclerosis hypnosis psychosis fibrosis necrosis cirrhosis thrombosis symbiosis meiosis acidosis

Questions

How do you pronounce neurosis?: The recorded pronunciation is /n(j)ʊˈɹoʊ̯.sɪs/.
What does neurosis mean?: A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear differing from normal measures by its intensity, and resulting from a failure to compromise or properly adjust during the developmental stages of life, between normal human instinctual impulses and the demands of human society.
Where does neurosis come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English -sis English neurosis From neuro- + -sis.

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