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neurotic

  • adjective
  • /n(j)ʊəˈɹɒtɪk/

affected with a neurosis.

Other meanings

  1. Useful in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.

Related words

  • angioneurotic
  • antineurotic
  • cardioneurotic
  • hyperneurotic
  • neurotically
  • neuroticism
  • neuroticization
  • neuroticize
  • nonneurotic
  • postneurotic
  • trophoneurotic
  • unneurotic

Word history

From Ancient Greek "νεῦρον" (nerve).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “neurotic” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.