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Neurotic

Neurotic Meaning & Definition
Neurotic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Neurotic?

[n] a person suffering from neurosis
[adj] affected with emotional disorder
[adj] characteristic of or affected by neurosis; "neurotic disorder"; "neurotic symptoms"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Neurotic: aboulic | abulic | compulsive | delusional | disturbed | hypochondriac | hypochondriacal | hysteric | hysterical | maladjusted | megalomaniacal | megalomanic | mental case | monomaniacal | nymphomaniac | nymphomaniacal | obsessional | obsessive | obsessive-compulsive | pathological | phobic | psychoneurotic | psychoneurotic | psychosomatic | schizoid

Related Terms | Find terms related to Neurotic: abnormal | alcoholic | alternating personality | antisocial personality | anxious | brain-damaged | brain-injured | catatonic | certifiable | confused | deviant | disordered | disordered personality | distraught | disturbed | disturbed personality | double personality | drug user | dual personality | emotionally unstable personality | escapist | hostile personality | hypochondriac | hypochondriast | hysteric | idiot | imaginary invalid | immature personality | inadequate personality | inferior personality | irrational | malade imaginaire | maladjusted | maladjusted personality | manic-depressive | mentally defective personality | mentally ill | mentally sick | moral insanity | multiple personality | nervous | neurasthenic | neuropath | neurotic personality | obsessive | overwrought | paranoiac | paranoid | paranoid personality | perverse personality | phobic | psychasthenic | psychoneurotic | psychopath | psychopathic | psychopathic personality | psychotic | psychotic personality | schiz | schizoid | schizoid personality | schizophrenic | schizy | seclusive personality | sexual psychopath | shut-in personality | sociopath | split personality | unstable | valetudinarian | valetudinary | weak personality

See Also | diseased person | hysteric | psychopath | sick person | sociopath | sufferer

Neurotic In Webster's Dictionary

\Neu*rot"ic\, a. [Gr. ? nerve.] 1. Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as, a neurotic disease. 2. Uself in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.
\Neu*rot"ic\, n. 1. A disease seated in the nerves. 2. (Med.) Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers. Note: Neurotic as a class include all those poisons whose mains action is upon the brain and spinal cord. They may be divided three orders: (a) Cerebral neurotics, or those which affect the brain only. (b) Spinal neurotics, or tetanics, those which affect the spinal cord. (c) Cerebro-spinal neurotics, or those which affect both brain and spinal cord.

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