neurosis
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We moderns, Mr. Delbourgo argues, have gone from theories of “demonic possession to accusations of superstition, obsession, sexual neurosis, and pathological greed down to the recent invention of the medical term ‘hoarding disorder.’”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
I've just worked on developing better skills to keep myself from talking myself into a place of neurosis.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2025
A victory to flush out any neurosis and compound the belief in their plan.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2024
And if we cannot find a referent for the normal and the good, how can we possibly come back from our national neurosis?
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2024
I'd sit in front of her desk and make troubled-brow faces which I thought illustrated the deep level of neurosis I represented.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
“This Is Not About Us” mines excellent, bone-dry humor from the neuroses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
He starts off as a real guy with neuroses and problems and foibles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025
Combining the neuroses of insecure teenagers and the poll-monitoring reticence of politicians fit for parody, they appear both weak and bashful.
From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2025
For Mathew Horne, having played Gavin for 17 years is throwing up all sorts of existential questions: "I'm putting to one side all my neuroses about that and to the ageing process."
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2024
Such a view hardly does justice to artistic creativity, since art is not simply a negative force at the mercy of our neuroses but a positive expression that integrates diverse aspects of personality.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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