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

While his writing persona was often that of a worldly charmer, he said he suffered from an “anxiety neurosis” and disliked meeting people, leading him to become an anesthesiologist.

From Washington Post

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 Project Gutenberg

She was tense and nervous, tied in the emotional knots of an anxiety neurosis.

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They take the main part in the procreation of dreams, produce in some cases hysterical symptoms, compulsion ideas and acts, anxiety neuroses, etc.

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The whole field of hysteria, and perhaps still more that of the anxiety neurosis, has come into new perspective through this pioneer work which men like Bleuler, Jung, and Stekel have developed in various directions.

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