Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neuroticism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables: neu-roti-cism
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality or state of being neurotic

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Your neuroticism is getting out of hand."
"Eysenck has suggested the three dimensions of neuroticism, psychoticism and introversion-extraversion."

Etymology

Etymology tree English neurotic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English neuroticism From neurotic + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

neuroticisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

neuroticistic

Synonyms

neurosis psychoneurosis

Questions

What does neuroticism mean?: The quality or state of being neurotic
Where does neuroticism come from?: Etymology tree English neurotic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English neuroticism From neurotic + -ism.

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