neurotic

UK: /njʊəˈrɒtɪk/ US: /nʊˈrɑtɪk, njʊ-/ ,(nŏŏ rot′ik, nyŏŏ-)

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neu•rot•ic¹ /nʊˈrɑtɪk, nyʊ-/  adj. 

1. Psychiatry of, relating to, or showing the characteristics of neurosis:
   a neurotic personality.

n. [countable]

2. Psychiatry a neurotic person.

neu•rot•ic•al•ly, adv. 
neu•rot•i•cism /nʊˈrɑtəˌsɪzəm, nyʊ-/  n. [uncountable]

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neu•rot•ic¹  (nŏŏ rot′ik, nyŏŏ-), [Psychiatry.]
adj. 

1. Psychiatry of, pertaining to, or characteristic of neurosis.

n. 

2. Psychiatry a neurotic person.

• neur(osis) + -otic 1870–75

neu•rot′ic•al•ly, adv. 

neu•rot•ic²  (nŏŏ rot′ik, nyŏŏ-), adj. [Pathol.]

1. Pathology pertaining to the nerves or to nerve disease;
   neural: no longer in technical use.

• neuro- + -tic 1765–75

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neurotic / njʊˈrɒtɪk/ adjective

1. of, relating to, or having neurosis

noun

1. a person who has a neurosis or who tends to have low self-esteem or be unusually anxious

neuˈrotically adverb