neurosis
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neurosis noun
- 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.
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neuroticismpsychoneurosistrophohysteriaphobiaobsessioncompulsionanxietydisquiettensenessmaladjustmentnervousnessangstagitationapprehensiondistress
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astheniahorneyneuroseswarezneuroticinfantilepsychosistransferenceperversiondissociativefreudianfreud
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