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

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anxiety neurosis

Said Stempel: "Sure I've been to a psychiatrist; I suffered from an acute anxiety neurosis after I appeared on Twenty One."

From Time Magazine Archive

I have been suffering," his letter to the coroner went on thoughtfully, "from a chronic and progressive anxiety neurosis, for as long as I can recall .

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

"A typical example of anxiety neurosis," he remarked, "is the anxiety of the plaintiff in this case, who wants to recover damages."

From Time Magazine Archive

A striking amount of expectant fear is characteristic of a nervous condition which I have named "anxiety neurosis," and which I group with the true neuroses.

From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund