neurosis

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The relieving of the perversion by the neurosis in the life of the same person, as well as the above mentioned distribution of perversion and hysteria in different persons of the same family, must be placed side by side with the fact that the neurosis is the negative of the perversion Sublimation.

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  1. noun Any of various mental or emotional disorders, such as hypochondria or neurasthenia, arising from no apparent organic lesion or change and involving symptoms such as insecurity, anxiety, depression, and irrational fears, but without psychotic symptoms such as delusions or hallucinations. No longer in scientific use.

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  • Medically, a neurosis is a nervous disease, especially a functional disease. —  177 - The Angry Canary
  • There is no doubt that Fannie and Freddie enabled the subprime neurosis, but for certain conservatives they are virtually the only malefactors worth noting. —  CJR
  • A mom, a wife, a lover ... a MILF with neurosis (???) —  Secrets of a Blue-Eyed Vixen
  • Sexual neurosis is a major component here, and hang-ups like the "magical woman" seem to hold everyone back. —  The House Next Door
  • Most of them have trouble fitting in and are plagued by some sort of neurosis or lack of support structure that has thrown them over to the wrong side of the tracks. —  News10Now - TOP STORIES
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  1. New Latin, from Greek νεῦρον, nerve, + -osis.
 

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