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Oligarchy vs Neurosis - What's the difference?

oligarchy | neurosis |

As nouns the difference between oligarchy and neurosis

is that oligarchy is a government run by only a few, often the wealthy while neurosis is a mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear.

oligarchy

English

Noun

(wikipedia oligarchy) (oligarchies)
  • A government run by only a few, often the wealthy.
  • Those who make up an oligarchic government.
  • A state ruled by such a government.

    • Related terms

    * oligarch * oligarchic * oligarchical

    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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