neurotic

Meanings

• adjective

  A person who is abnormally and excessively concerned with their own mental and physical health.

  - "Despite her success, she remained a neurotic and insecure person."
  - "The neurotic patient constantly checked her symptoms, convinced she was ill."

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Synonyms

jitterbug , nervous wreck , worrywart

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with neurotic
psychotic , pathetic , hystoric

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Variants

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neurotic , neurotically , neurotics

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Etymology

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Derived from the Greek word 'neuron' meaning nerve and the suffix '-tic' meaning abnormal or afflicted.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'neurotic' was first used in English in the late 19th century.

2. Neuroses were once considered less severe than psychoses, but more recent research suggests that they can be equally debilitating.

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1. Anxiety Disorders: Neurotic behaviors and thoughts are often associated with anxiety disorders, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and panic disorder.

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Quotes

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1. Maybe it's because novelists don't talk much about each other. Maybe this is because novelists secrete a certain BO which only other novelists detect, like certain buzzards who emit a repellent pheromone detectable only by other buzzards, which is to say that only a novelist can know how "neurotic", devious, underhanded a novelist can be.

   - Walker Percy,"An Interview With Zoltán Abádi-Nagy",1987,{"source"=>"in {it}Signposts in a Strange Land{/it}", "aqdate"=>"1991"}

2. This most fastidious of pianists sounds anything but "neurotic" when he plays Mozart.

   - Richard Coles,{it}Times Literary Supplement{/it},15 Nov. 2002

3. In our own time, the most perfect examples of such biography … are the matchless case-histories of Freud. Freud here shows, with absolute clarity, that the on-going nature of "neurotic" illness and its treatment cannot be displayed except by biography.

   - Oliver Sacks,{it}Awakenings{/it},(1973) 1990

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Culture

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In literature and psychology, neurotic individuals are often depicted as anxious, self-absorbed, and obsessive. Sigmund Freud described neuroses as a response to unresolved conflicts and repressed emotions.

How to Memorize "neurotic"

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   - Visualize a person constantly checking themselves for symptoms or worrying excessively about their health.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'neurotic' with anxiety, obsession, and self-absorption.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Nervous and Anxious Person' to remember the meaning of neurotic.

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