neuroticism

Questions about neuroticism

What does neuroticism mean?

neuroticism means "a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction".

How many syllables are in neuroticism?

neuroticism has 5 syllables and divides as ne-u-ro-ti-cism under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for neuroticism?

Close synonyms include neurosis, psychoneurosis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is neuroticism a common word?

neuroticism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.