compulsion neurosis en · NOUN
Etymology
Translating German Zwangsneurose.
Meanings
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(historical) A psychiatric disorder characterised by recurrent compulsions or compulsive ideas; obsessive-compulsive disorder.
[H]ere we are mainly interested in their negatives or the neuroses. Of this form, the most characteristic, as I already said, is the compulsion neurosis.
1946, A. A. Brill, Lectures on Psychoanalytic Psychiatry, Alfred Knopf, page 220:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| compulsion neuroses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |