phobic neurosis

Questions about phobic neurosis

What does phobic neurosis mean?

phobic neurosis means "an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations".

What is another word for phobic neurosis?

Close synonyms include phobia, phobic disorder. 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 phobic neurosis a common word?

phobic neurosis 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.