B2
neurosis vs psychosis
The difference
| Word | Meaning | Goes with | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| neurosisnoun/nʊˈroʊ.sɪs/ | Meaning a mild mental illness that causes much worry or fear but does not stop a person living normally | Goes with suffer from neurosis | Example Freud wrote extensively about the causes of neurosis. |
| psychosisnoun/saɪˈkoʊ.sɪs/ | Meaning A serious mental illness in which a person cannot tell what is real. | Goes with — | Example The doctor said the patient was suffering from psychosis and needed treatment. |
Which word fits?
1 of 8Pick the word for the gap. Its form may change in the sentence.
Doctors in 1918 used the term war for traumatized soldiers.