neurosis about
Frequency: 5.02.5 per million words
Indicates the subject or cause of the obsessive worry or anxiety.
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Examples (10)
- The director had a severe neurosis about actors arriving late for filming.
- She developed a neurosis about germs after reading too many articles.
- His neurosis about public speaking made him avoid presentations.
- There's a growing neurosis about climate change among young people.
- My grandmother's neurosis about cleanliness often led to excessive tidying.
- The politician displayed a neurosis about losing votes in the upcoming election.
- A common neurosis about failure can paralyze many aspiring artists.
- His financial neurosis about debt kept him working long hours.
- The city developed a collective neurosis about the spreading disease.
- She couldn't shake her neurosis about forgetting important details.