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Narcissistic vs Neurosis - What's the difference?

narcissistic | neurosis |

As nouns the difference between narcissistic and neurosis

is that narcissistic is a narcissist while neurosis is a mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear.

As an adjective narcissistic

is having an inflated idea of one's own importance.

narcissistic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having an inflated idea of one's own importance.
  • Obsessed with one's own self image and ego.

    • Related terms

    * narcissism * narcissistic personality disorder

    Antonyms

    *nonnarcissistic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A narcissist.
  • * 1996 , Susan B. Gall, Bernard Beins, Alan Feldman, The Gale encyclopedia of psychology (page 247)
    • Because narcissistics cannot handle failure, they will take great lengths to avoid risks and situations in which defeat is a possibility.

    neurosis

    English

    (wikipedia neurosis)

    Noun

    (neuroses)
  • (pathology) A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear
  • * Usage note: This term is no longer used medically/professionally.

    • Usage notes

    According to Wikipedia the term is no longer part of mainstream psychiatric terminology in the United States, though it continues to be employed in psychoanalytic theory and practice, and in various other theoretical disciplines.

    Derived terms

    * aeroneurosis * neurotic * neuroticism * psychoneurosis

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