Noun: hysterical neurosis
Usage: archaic
Usage: archaic
- Neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions
"During her episodes of hysterical neurosis, she would experience temporary blindness and uncontrollable crying";
- hysteria
Derived forms: hysterical neuroses
Type of: neurosis, neuroticism, psychoneurosis
Encyclopedia: Hysterical neurosis, dissociative type