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noun Psychiatry.
a neurotic disorder characterized by pervasive anxiety.
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Origin of anxiety neurosis
First recorded in 1900–05
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How to use anxiety neurosis in a sentence
Stekel,41 one of Freud's pupils, in an elaborate monograph, also lays stress on the sexual factor of the anxiety-neurosis.
The Sexual Life of the Child|Albert MollOn innumerable occasions we have learned that anxiety neurosis vanishes when the sexual misuse is abandoned.
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis|Sigmund FreudI shall tell you then that we distinguish three pure forms of true neuroses: neurasthenia, anxiety neurosis and hypochondria.
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis|Sigmund FreudShe was tense and nervous, tied in the emotional knots of an anxiety neurosis.
The Cartels Jungle|Irving E. Cox, Jr.
British Dictionary definitions for anxiety neurosis
anxiety neurosis
noun
a relatively mild form of mental illness characterized by extreme distress and agitation, often occurring without any obvious cause
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