anxiety neurosis

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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

Words nearby anxiety neurosis

anvil, anxiety, anxiety attack, anxiety disorder, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxiety reaction, anxiety state, anxiolytic, anxious, anxiously

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How to use anxiety neurosis in a sentence

Stephanie Giorgio, a classical musician, credits The Class for helping her cope with anxiety, focus, fear, and self-doubt.
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Disordered eating is also linked to higher rates of depression and anxiety, both in the present and in the future.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models|Carrie Arnold|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Anger often manifests in withholders as another self-destructive but more socially acceptable feeling or behavior, like anxiety.
Can Self-Help Books Really Make a New You?|Lizzie Crocker|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For my technologically illiterate mother, the idea of paying bills online provokes as much anxiety as throwing something away.
I’m a Digital Hoarder|Lizzie Crocker|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Yet, in pursuit of that ‘great revival of art,’ his anxiety, depression, and overall health began to deteriorate.
Decoding Vincent Van Gogh’s Tempestuous, Fragile Mind|Nick Mafi|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And now there was added to this devotion an element of indefinable anxiety which made its vigilance unceasing.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
At last his anxiety reached a point where he was positive that if he received an adverse decision, it would surely kill him.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
The fact that her fortune was vaguely threatened did not cause her anxiety: she scarcely realized it.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
Murat was in no hurry to commence his reign, and his subjects showed no great anxiety to see their new ruler.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Eighteen hundred and fifty-one was a period of anxiety to the Midland and to railway companies generally.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow

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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