[njʊəˈrəʊsɪs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- excessive and irrational anxiety or obsession
(e.g: too much neurosis about a child's progress is unproductive)

- a mental health condition of which anxiety is the primary characteristic, without major disorganization of thinking and behaviour
(e.g: Freud's two-stage account of neurosis)


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Origin:
late 18th century: modern Latin, from neuro- ‘of nerves’ + -osis