adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
symptom
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He argues that dreams can not be regarded as a neurotic symptom if everyone dreams - unless everyone is neurotic.
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Imagination and artistic creation are also, according to a strict interpretation of Freudian theory, neurotic symptoms .
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A modest negative association was found between neurotic symptoms and availability of attachment and social integration.
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However, a much stronger negative association was found between neurotic symptoms and the perceived adequacy of social relationships.
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Pop is hysteria, a neurotic symptom of what may well be the last days of Western capitalism.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He was a shy, neurotic man who found it difficult to make friends.
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I just got really neurotic about not wanting to spend any money.
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In many respects, Mozart had a typically neurotic personality.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As an intellectual, I feel neurotic .
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Before dinner, John, who was so laid-back he made the trees seem neurotic , offered us a yoga lesson.
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Burnout often results from a neurotic compulsion to give it all away.
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He played Holmes as deeply neurotic .
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However, a much stronger negative association was found between neurotic symptoms and the perceived adequacy of social relationships.
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Moreover, her individual sense of fun and fantasy made her an enchanting companion, though a neurotic strain was also apparent.
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The best producers are cutthroat, competitive, and often neurotic and paranoid.
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You think you can damage my reputation by repeating the fantasies of some neurotic schoolteacher?