anxiety neurosis

American  

noun

Psychiatry.

1. a neurotic disorder characterized by pervasive anxiety.

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anxiety neurosis British  

noun

1. a relatively mild form of mental illness characterized by extreme distress and agitation, often occurring without any obvious cause

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Etymology

Origin of anxiety neurosis

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Soon most motorists develop what Dr. Fabing calls an "anxiety neurosis in miniature," mainly centred in an uncertain right foot, but with other noticeable effects.

From Time Magazine Archive

"There's an anxiety neurosis abroad in the land," FAA Administrator Najeeb Halaby said darkly, "and that complicates the noise-abatement problem."

From Time Magazine Archive

Freud dealt with noise irritation as a symptom of anxiety neurosis "undoubtedly explicable on the basis of the close inborn connection between auditory impressions and fright."

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His neighbors were all amazed by his "cowardice," for he had an excellent record in World War I. Noted Psychiatrist Hugh Crichton-Miller did not consider this man a coward but a victim of anxiety neurosis.

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I shall tell you then that we distinguish three pure forms of true neuroses: neurasthenia, anxiety neurosis and hypochondria.

From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund