Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun neurosis

1 sense of neurosis

Sense 1
neurosis, neuroticism, psychoneurosis -- (a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction)
       => mental disorder, mental disturbance, disturbance, psychological disorder, folie -- ((psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness)