different between narcissistic vs neurosis

English

Etymology

narcissist +? -ic

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??.s??s?s.t?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n??.s??s?s.t?k/

Adjective

narcissistic (comparative more narcissistic, superlative most narcissistic)

1. Having an inflated idea of one's own importance.
2. Obsessed with one's own self image and ego.

Antonyms

• nonnarcissistic

Related terms

• narcissism
• narcissistic personality disorder

See also

• megalomania

Translations

Noun

narcissistic (plural narcissistics)

1. A narcissist.
   • 1996, Susan B. Gall, Bernard Beins, Alan Feldman, The Gale encyclopedia of psychology (page 247)

     Because narcissistics cannot handle failure, they will take great lengths to avoid risks and situations in which defeat is a possibility.

See also

• God complex

English

Etymology

neuro- +? -osis

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??s?s

Noun

neurosis (countable and uncountable, plural neuroses)

1. (pathology) A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear which differ from normal measures by their intensity, which disorder results from a failure to compromise or properly adjust during the developmental stages of life, between normal human instinctual impulses and the demands of human society.

Usage notes

The term is no longer part of mainstream psychiatric terminology in the United States, having been eliminated from the DSM in 1980, when its editors decided to provide descriptions of behavior rather than of hidden psychological mechanisms. It may still be found in texts on psychology and philosophy.

Synonyms

• psychoneurosis (dated)

Antonyms

• physioneurosis

Derived terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

• resinous, seniours

Spanish

Noun

neurosis f (plural neurosis)

1. neurosis

Derived terms

• neurosis de guerra