nerwica — meaning in English
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English meaning
- neurosis noun A pattern of excessive anxiety or fear that is not severe enough to be classed as psychosis but still disrupts everyday functioning.
Senses
nerwica is used for these senses in English:
- neurosis (dated, pathology, ;, current in, _, psychology, and) 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. [from the 1700s]