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neurosis

[noo-roh-sis, nyoo-] / nʊˈroʊ sɪs, nyʊ- /


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Mr. Whishaw, who also starred in Mr. Sachs’s “Passages” in 2023, brings to his performance a martini-dry comic flair with a twist of New York neurosis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

I've just worked on developing better skills to keep myself from talking myself into a place of neurosis.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2025

A victory to flush out any neurosis and compound the belief in their plan.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2024

And if we cannot find a referent for the normal and the good, how can we possibly come back from our national neurosis?

From Slate • Aug. 18, 2024

He had lived for almost twenty years without trauma, tension, hate, or neurosis, which was proof to Yossarian of just how crazy he really was.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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