English noun: neurosis | |||
1. | neurosis (state) a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction | ||
Synonyms | neuroticism, psychoneurosis | ||
Broader (hypernym) | disturbance, folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | anxiety neurosis, hysteria, hysterical neurosis | ||