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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary neu·ro·sis \\nu̇-ˈrō-səs, nyu̇-\\ noun (plural neu·ro·ses \\-ˌsēz\\) ETYMOLOGY New Latin DATE circa 1784 : a mental and emotional disorder that affects only part of the personality, is accompanied by a less distorted perception of reality than in a psychosis, does not result in disturbance of the use of language, and is accompanied by various physical, physiological, and mental disturbances (as visceral symptoms, anxieties, or phobias) English Etymology neurosis 1776, "functional derangement arising from disorders of the nervous system," coined by Scot, physician William Cullen (1710-90) from Gk. neuron "nerve" (see neuro-) + Mod.L. -osis"abnormal condition." Used in a general psychological sense since 1871; clinical use in psychiatry dates from 1923. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 neurosis neur·osis / njuE5rEusis; NAmE nu5rou- / noun[C, U] (pl. neur·oses / -Eusi:z; NAmE -ou- / ) 1. (medical 医) a mental illness in which a person suffers strong feelings of fear and worry 神经机能病；神经官能症；恐惧症 2. any strong fear or worry 过分的恐惧(或焦虑) SYN anxiety
Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English neurosis noun ADJ. individual, personal | anxiety, obsessional VERB + NEUROSIS have PREP. ~ about the director's neurosis about actors arriving late for filming OLT neurosis noun ⇨ obsession Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: obsessional neurosis , or obsessive-compulsive neurosis , or occupational neurosis , or organ neurosis , or actual neurosis , or situational neurosis , or transference neurosis , or war neurosis , or cardiac neurosis , or character neurosis , or compensation neurosis , or compulsion neurosis , or anxiety neurosis neu·ro·sis \n(y)üˈrōsə̇s, n(y)əˈ-\ noun (plural neuro·ses \-ˌsēz\) Etymology: New Latin, from neur- + -osis 1. : a functional disorder of the central nervous system usually manifested by anxiety, phobias, obsessions, or compulsions but frequently displaying signs of somatic disorder involving any of the bodily systems with or without other subjective or behavioral manifestations and having its most probable etiology in intrapsychic or interpersonal conflict < somatic changes such as induced by drugs or by fatigue may act as precipitating, and constitutional factors as predisposing, influences in neurosis > < it is the feeling of isolation, of being shut out, which is the painful sting of every neurosis — Erich Fromm > < a neurosis or a neurotic fantasy always relates to a reality, and a neurotic expression of a reality is likely to have more force than a “normal” one — Lionel Trilling > 2. : individual or group behavior that is characterized by rigid adherence to an idealized concept of the personal or social organism especially when that concept is significantly at variance with reality and that results in interpersonal, cultural, or political conflict and in the development of discomforting intraorganismal tensions < the atmosphere of conformity, induced by our present neurosis > |
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