Anxiety vs Neurosis - What's the difference?
anxiety | neurosis |
An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
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An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).
(pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.
(pathology) A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear
* Usage note: This term is no longer used medically/professionally.
In pathology terms the difference between anxiety and neurosis
is that anxiety is a state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach while neurosis is a mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear.As nouns the difference between anxiety and neurosis
is that anxiety is an unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event while neurosis is a mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear.anxiety
English
(wikipedia anxiety)Noun
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- But the other, because he's been immersed in arguments, gives the appearance of harbouring considerable anxiety and suspicion that he's ignorant of those matters he presents himself to others as an expert on.
- I was anxious to get into the office before Henderson called from New York.
