NEUROSIS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

neurosis

noun

Definition of neurosis

as in dementia

medical an emotional illness in which a person experiences strong feelings of fear or worry The patient is clearly suffering from a neurosis.

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Recent Examples of neurosis Wonders is also terrific, a ball of neuroses and repression, envious of Elliot’s exploits. — ABC News, 29 July 2026 Writer-director Ari Aster interrogates not just the social and political turmoil of COVID-19, but also the way social media can exacerbate that unraveling of collective neuroses. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026 Jordan Harper’s new novel proves that noir can still channel the crises and neuroses of the moment, Carolyn Kellogg writes. — Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026 Rudd’s natural air of genial tension, of neurosis without an edge, plays into his character’s rigidly disciplined but relentlessly upbeat domesticity. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for neurosis

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Years passed before doctors solved the mystery, first attributing the behavioral changes to frontotemporal dementia (FTD), then linking that rare condition to a genetic mutation.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
Eleven months later, his family had a more specific diagnosis, frontotemporal dementia.

— Sam Kashner, Vanity Fair, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of dementia

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Cabello-Ynocente's sister-in-law stated that Farfan-Cabello suffers from schizophrenia and that the family was devastated to learn what happened.

— Bri Buckley, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
The Food and Drug Administration flagged a potential safety signal after four deaths were reported among patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia who received investigational evenamide in clinical trials, MedPage Today informs us.

— Ed Silverman, STAT, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of schizophrenia

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As more and more people succumb to AI psychosis, horror movies are (as always) the first to dive into the repercussions.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Echenoz sketches a lively and personal view of the bonds and minor psychoses that can occur when two people work in tandem, and sometimes in conflict.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026

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