神しん経けい症しょう

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Meanings

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noun

neurosis; nervous disorder

Medical/psychological term for a class of mental disorders involving distress but not a break from reality. In everyday Japanese, it can refer broadly to nervous conditions or anxiety-related issues.

彼かれは神しん経けい症しょうの治ち療りょうを受うけている。

He is receiving treatment for neurosis.

神しん経けい症しょうの症しょう状じょうには不ふ安あんや強きょう迫はく行こう為いが含ふくまれる。

Symptoms of neurosis include anxiety and compulsive behavior.

Kanji

神gods, mind, soul
経sutra, longitude, pass thru
症symptoms, illness

Related words

ノイローゼN1
神経症 is the clinical, formal term for neurosis used in medical settings, while ノイローゼ is the everyday, slightly old-fashioned loanword for the same general idea of mental strain.

Don't confuse with

ヒステリー
神経症 (neurosis) is a broader clinical category of anxiety-related disorders, distinct from ヒステリー which specifically refers to dramatic emotional/psychosomatic outbursts.

Word family· 13

神しん経けい症しょう的てき
neurotic
不ふ安あん神しん経けい症しょう
anxiety neurosis
外がい傷しょう神しん経けい症しょう
traumatic neurosis; accident neurosis

Built from

神しん経けい+症しょう

Etymology

Compound of 神経 (nerve) and 症 (symptom/condition), a calque from German 'Neurose' or English 'neurosis'.

強きょう迫はく神しん経けい症しょう

obsessional neurosis; obsessive-compulsive disorder

心しん臓ぞう神しん経けい症しょう

cardiac neurosis

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性せい格かく神しん経けい症しょう
character neurosis
戦せん争そう神しん経けい症しょう
war neurosis; combat fatigue; shell shock
症しょう状じょう神しん経けい症しょう
symptomatic neurosis; symptom-based neurotic disorder
神しん経けい症しょう患かん者じゃ
neurosis patient; person with neurosis; neuropath
精せい神しん神しん経けい症しょう
psychoneurosis

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