neurosis

IPA: nʊrˈoʊsʌs

(pathology) A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear which differ from normal measures by their intensity, which disorder results from a failure to compromise or properly adjust during the developmental stages of life, between normal human instinctual impulses and the demands of human society.

Examples of "neurosis" in Sentences

This is intended to treat minor neurosis.
It can lead to the development of a neurosis.
Excessive use of ego defenses results in neurosis.
Freud believed this conflict to be at the heart of neurosis.
This article does not exist to play to the neurosis of Azerbaijan.
The connotation of neurosis in common language also began to change.
Dr. Nero Neurosis The disembodied brain that plans to rule the world.
The album is maybe more in league with artists such as Breach and Neurosis.
This rampant neurosis makes them a favorite target for the pranks of the Umgah.
Around this time, Florbela began to show the first serious symptoms of neurosis.