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neuroses

NOUN

mental disturbance, disorder

Synonyms

STRONGEST

inhibition

STRONG

aberration abnormality affliction breakdown compulsion crack-up derangement deviation hysteria insanity instability madness maladjustment neurasthenia obsession phobia psychopathy

WEAK

mental illness psychological disorder

Antonyms

STRONG

balance conformity normality sameness soundness

WEAK

adjustment sanity

Example Sentences

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This explanation is so wrong-headed, yet so consistent with official Britain’s neuroses about data protection and process-following, that it may even be true.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

“This Is Not About Us” mines excellent, bone-dry humor from the neuroses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

He starts off as a real guy with neuroses and problems and foibles.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025

She understands there is a formula to our narcissism and neuroses; patterns and mathematical sets of criteria drive our decisions.

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2025

What the press—and seemingly everyone else—failed to understand was that it was Bobby’s shrewdness in protecting his financial interests, rather than temper tantrums or neuroses, that was making him hesitate.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady