neuroticism

English

Etymology

From neurotic +‎ -ism.

Noun

neuroticism (countable and uncountable, plural neuroticisms)

1. The quality or state of being neurotic

   Your neuroticism is getting out of hand.

   • 1964, John Michael Argyle, Psychology & Social Problems, page 75:

     Eysenck has suggested the three dimensions of neuroticism, psychoticism and introversion-extraversion.

Related terms

• neuroticistic

Translations

the quality or state of being neurotic

• Finnish: neuroottisuus (fi)
• Greek: νευρωτισμός (el) m (nevrotismós)
• Irish: néaróiseachas m
• Serbo-Croatian: неуротичност f (neurotičnost)