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

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Then, as his own lawyer, he asked Dr. Van Pelt: Is it not true that an anxiety neurosis such as Diana's could have come from an unhappy love affair?

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

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.

From Psychotherapy by Münsterberg, Hugo