neurosis definition by Wordo

Noun

A

mental disorder

,

less

severe

than

psychosis

,

marked

by

anxiety

or

fear

which

differ

from

normal

measures

by

their

intensity

,

which

disorder

results

from

a

failure

to

compromise

or

properly

adjust

during

the

developmental

stages

of

life

,

between

normal

human

instinctual

impulses

and

the

demands

of

human

society

.