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Perversion vs Neurosis - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between perversion and neurosis

is that perversion is perversion while neurosis is (pathology) a mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear.

perversion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.
  • The state of being perverted; depravity; viciousness.
  • A sexual practice or act considered abnormal; sexual deviance.
  • (geometry) tendril perversion

    • Related terms

    * perverse * pervert * perverted * pervertedness

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    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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