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

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

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

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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.

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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 Sigmund Freud