NEUROTICISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neuroticism mean? 

• NEUROTICISM (noun)
  The noun NEUROTICISM has 1 sense:

1. a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction

  Familiarity information: NEUROTICISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEUROTICISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

neurosis; neuroticism; psychoneurosis

Hypernyms ("neuroticism" is a kind of...):

disturbance; folie; mental disorder; mental disturbance; psychological disorder ((psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neuroticism"):

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)

 Context examples 

These loci are also associated with other areas that correlate with increased cognitive performance and intracranial volume, decreased levels of emotional instability (neuroticism) and decreased risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

(Researchers identify genetic links to educational attainment, NIH)

Findings show that people's eye movements reveal whether they are sociable, conscientious or curious, with the algorithm software reliably recognizing four of the Big Five personality traits: neuroticism, extroversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness.

(Eyes Can Indicate Personality Type, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)