neuroticism

Noun
  1. A mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction (synset 114416566)
    is a type of: disturbance, folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder - (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
    subtypes:
    • hysteria, hysterical neurosis - neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions
    • anxiety neurosis - characterized by diffuse anxiety and often somatic manifestations of fear
    same as: neurosis, psychoneurosis

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