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neurosis

noun/njʊəˈrəʊsɪs/

B2CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

A relatively mild mental disorder marked by anxiety.

His checking neurosis eased with therapy.

Similar: anxiety disorder

Origin: Greek neuron 'nerve' + -osis.

Topic: Mental health in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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