neurosis

名词 n.
/n(j)ʊˈɹəʊ̯.sɪs/    /n(j)ʊˈɹoʊ̯.sɪs/|/n(j)ʊˈɹəʉ̯.sɪs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear which differ from normal measures by their intensity, which disorder results from a failure to compromise or properly adjust during the developmental stages of life, between normal human instinctual impulses and the demands of human society. countable,dated,uncountable
    — On inquiry it was found that this neurosis corresponded in time with the oncome of the catamenia.

词形变化

neuroses plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥
Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der.
Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron)
Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der.
English neuro-
English -sis
English neurosis
From neuro- + -sis.
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