Neurotic Personality Disorder: Why the Phrase Is Not a Current Diagnosis
Author: Ukrainian Psychological Hub · Published: September 30, 2026 · Editorial Policy
“Neurotic personality disorder” is not a current diagnosis in DSM-5-TR or ICD-11. The phrase can sound clinical because it combines three psychologically meaningful words, but modern diagnostic systems do not recognize a disorder by that name. In current use, “neurotic” may be an everyday label, “neuroticism” is a measurable personality trait, and “personality disorder” is a clinical concept with its own diagnostic requirements. Those are different levels of description.
If someone searches for “neurotic personality disorder,” the most useful next question is not “Do I have it?” but “What am I actually trying to describe?” The concern may involve persistent worry, emotional reactivity, rumination, perfectionism, reassurance seeking, sensitivity to criticism, avoidance, control, insecurity, or a longstanding interpersonal pattern. Any of those experiences can matter. None, by itself, establishes a personality disorder.
This article resolves the phrase itself. It does not replace a clinical assessment, and it does not turn a colloquial label into a diagnosis. It also keeps three neighboring concepts separate: the everyday word neurotic, the personality trait neuroticism, and the historical concept of neurosis.
Short answer: is “neurotic personality disorder” a real diagnosis?
No. As of September 30, 2026, the American Psychiatric Association’s current DSM-5-TR materials describe 10 specific personality disorder types; “neurotic personality disorder” is not one of them. The APA also maintains an ongoing DSM-5-TR update process, and the phrase is not a current diagnostic category there either.
The World Health Organization’s ICD-11 also does not define a disorder called “neurotic personality disorder.” WHO’s current clinical manual, the ICD-11 Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Requirements, uses a modern diagnostic framework for mental, behavioral, and neurodevelopmental disorders. WHO specifically notes that ICD-11 incorporates dimensional approaches in personality disorders. Contemporary reviews of ICD-11 personality-disorder classification likewise describe assessment in terms of disorder severity and trait domains rather than a category named “neurotic personality disorder.”
So the phrase is best treated as a search-language problem: it sounds like a diagnosis, but it is not the name of a current DSM-5-TR or ICD-11 disorder.
Why does the phrase sound so plausible?
It combines three terms that each carry psychological weight:
Neurotic can be used informally for someone perceived as unusually worried, tense, self-conscious, emotionally reactive, preoccupied, or difficult to reassure.
Personality can refer broadly to relatively enduring patterns in how a person thinks, feels, behaves, and relates to others.
Personality disorder is a clinical concept that requires much more than having a difficult trait or a recurring habit.
Put together, the words can create an illusion of diagnostic precision. But language does not become a diagnosis simply because it sounds medical. A useful clinical term must have a defined place in a diagnostic system, specified criteria or requirements, and a consistent assessment framework.
The phrase also survives because older psychiatric and psychoanalytic language used “neurotic” and “neurosis” in ways that were much closer to formal clinical terminology. That historical territory belongs to the separate Neurosis cluster. In contemporary everyday speech, “neurotic” often functions much more loosely.
“Neurotic” is an everyday label, not a clinical identity
Calling a person “neurotic” often compresses many different observations into one adjective. One speaker may mean “she worries constantly.” Another may mean “he overthinks everything.” Another may be describing irritability under stress, repeated reassurance seeking, perfectionistic checking, fear of criticism, indecision, jealousy, or an intense need for control.
Those descriptions are not equivalent. They point toward different psychological processes, and they can occur for different reasons. A person may also show one of these patterns in one context but not another. Someone who becomes highly anxious in a close relationship, for example, may function calmly at work. Someone who repeatedly checks a task may be responding to occupational pressure rather than showing a pervasive personality pattern.
That is why a more precise formulation starts with the observable pattern. Instead of “I am neurotic,” questions such as these are more informative:
What exactly happens: worry, rumination, checking, avoidance, reassurance seeking, anger, self-criticism, or something else?
How often does it happen and how long has it been present?
Is it triggered by particular situations or relationships?
Does it cause distress or interfere with work, relationships, sleep, health, or daily functioning?
Is the pattern flexible, or does it persist across many contexts?
Could another construct explain it more precisely?
For the broader everyday-language question, see What Is a Neurotic Person? Meaning, Traits, Behavior, and Modern Psychology.
Neuroticism is a personality trait, not “neurotic personality disorder”
Neuroticism is a well-established personality construct. It refers to individual differences in the tendency to experience negative emotion and to respond strongly to threat, frustration, loss, or stress. Benjamin Lahey’s widely cited review describes neuroticism as a relatively stable trait with substantial associations across mental and physical health outcomes, while emphasizing that people vary continuously rather than falling into a simple “neurotic/not neurotic” split. See Lahey (2009).
Research also shows a broad relationship between measured neuroticism and common mental disorders. A major review by Ormel and colleagues concluded that the association is real but complex: neuroticism can function as a risk marker, correlate, consequence, or shared liability depending on the disorder, design, and time frame. See Ormel et al. (2013).
This evidence must be used carefully. Findings about people who score higher on validated neuroticism measures cannot automatically be transferred to everyone whom a partner, friend, coworker, or social-media post calls “neurotic.” The measured trait and the everyday label are not interchangeable.
Likewise, high neuroticism does not itself equal a personality disorder. Meta-analytic research has found that neuroticism is associated with multiple personality-disorder patterns rather than mapping onto one unique disorder. That lack of specificity is exactly why a high trait score cannot be converted into a diagnosis. See Saulsman and Page (2004).
For the focused distinction, see Neurotic vs Neuroticism: Everyday Label vs Big Five Personality Trait.
What is a personality disorder, then?
A personality disorder is not simply “a strong personality trait” or “a person who is hard to live with.” The American Psychiatric Association describes personality disorders as long-term patterns of inner experience and behavior that depart significantly from expectations and affect areas such as thinking, emotional responding, relationships, and behavioral control. Clinical diagnosis considers the broader pattern and its consequences, not a single adjective. See the APA overview of personality disorders.
DSM-5-TR and ICD-11 organize personality pathology differently. DSM-5-TR retains 10 specific personality disorder types in its main categorical system. ICD-11 made a major shift toward a dimensional model in which clinicians assess whether personality disorder is present, its severity, and relevant trait features. A 2023 research synthesis describes this change as a move away from the former set of categorical ICD personality-disorder types toward severity and trait-domain characterization. See Simon, Lambrecht, and Bach (2023).
The practical implication is straightforward: neither system contains a shortcut by which “worry + sensitivity + difficult relationships” becomes “neurotic personality disorder.” Diagnosis requires the actual framework of the system being used.
Why worry and emotional reactivity do not automatically mean personality disorder
Worry and emotional reactivity are transdiagnostic phenomena: they appear across ordinary stress, personality variation, and many clinical conditions. A person may worry intensely during bereavement, financial uncertainty, illness, relationship conflict, sleep deprivation, or a period of major change. The same outward behavior can therefore have very different psychological meanings.
Persistence matters, but persistence alone is not enough. A longstanding pattern can reflect temperament, learned coping, chronic stress exposure, a specific mental disorder, relationship dynamics, or a combination of factors. Clinical significance also depends on rigidity, context, distress, impairment, developmental course, and whether a better explanation fits.
Emotional intensity is also not equivalent to pathology. Some people react strongly and recover quickly. Others show less visible emotion but remain caught in prolonged rumination or avoidance. A label such as “neurotic” can hide these differences.
Why perfectionism and control do not automatically mean personality disorder
Perfectionism can involve high standards, fear of mistakes, self-criticism, overpreparation, checking, procrastination, or difficulty finishing because the result never feels good enough. Control can be a strategy for reducing uncertainty. Neither concept has one diagnostic meaning.
These patterns can occur in people without a mental disorder. They can also appear in anxiety conditions, obsessive-compulsive presentations, some personality-disorder patterns, eating disorders, depression, trauma-related difficulties, work stress, or highly demanding environments. The clinical task is to identify the mechanism and context rather than rename the behavior “neurotic personality disorder.”
If repetitive thoughts, checking, rituals, or reassurance seeking are being interpreted as “neurotic,” the OCD cluster owns the diagnostic and treatment territory. The distinction matters because obsessive-compulsive disorder has specific diagnostic features and evidence-based treatments that should not be inferred from a vague label.
Why reassurance seeking and insecurity do not automatically mean personality disorder
Reassurance seeking can arise when a person has difficulty tolerating uncertainty, doubts their own judgment, fears rejection, worries about health or safety, or is trying to reduce distress. It can temporarily calm anxiety while also becoming repetitive. But the behavior is not specific to one diagnosis.
Similarly, insecurity can refer to self-esteem concerns, attachment-related fears, social evaluation, jealousy, previous relational injury, current relationship instability, or broader anxiety. A clinician would ask what the person fears, what they do in response, what short-term relief the behavior provides, and what long-term costs it creates.
Describing the process this way is more informative than treating “neurotic” as an explanation.
Why overthinking and rumination do not automatically mean personality disorder
“Overthinking” is a popular umbrella term. It can refer to problem solving, indecision, worry about future threats, rumination about past events, post-event processing after social situations, obsessive doubt, or repetitive self-criticism. These processes differ in function and clinical relevance.
A person who repeatedly replays a conversation because they fear social rejection is not necessarily experiencing the same mechanism as someone who repeatedly checks whether they caused harm, or someone who is depressed and dwelling on perceived failures. One everyday word can conceal several different psychological processes.
The same rule applies to the phrase “neurotic personality disorder”: first disaggregate the experience, then assess the construct that actually fits.
What might a person actually mean by “neurotic personality disorder”?
1. “I worry too much and cannot switch it off”
This points first toward the form, frequency, triggers, and consequences of worry. The important distinction is between ordinary worry, a persistent worry habit, a measured tendency toward negative emotionality, and a diagnosable anxiety condition. The phrase “neurotic personality disorder” adds no useful diagnostic information.
2. “I am emotionally reactive”
Emotional reactivity can be a temperament or personality feature, a stress response, or part of several clinical presentations. Assessment would examine intensity, recovery time, triggers, impulsive behavior, interpersonal effects, and whether the pattern is pervasive.
3. “I need constant reassurance”
This can be related to uncertainty, anxiety, obsessive doubt, attachment-related fear, health concerns, self-doubt, or relationship dynamics. It is a behavior pattern, not a diagnosis on its own.
4. “I am perfectionistic and controlling”
Those words describe broad patterns with several possible functions. Useful questions include what happens when standards are not met, whether control is used to reduce anxiety, how flexible the person can be, and whether the pattern impairs functioning or relationships.
5. “My personality causes repeated relationship problems”
That concern deserves attention, but repeated conflict does not identify a particular disorder. A clinician may explore communication patterns, emotion regulation, attachment, expectations, boundaries, hostility, withdrawal, reassurance cycles, jealousy, impulsivity, and longstanding personality functioning.
6. “I took a personality test and scored high on neuroticism”
A trait score describes where a person falls on a measured dimension relative to the scale’s norms. It does not diagnose “neurotic personality disorder.” The score also has to be interpreted in light of the instrument, reliability, context, and the purpose for which the test was designed.
7. “Someone told me I have a personality disorder because I am neurotic”
That conclusion does not follow. A colloquial judgment is not a diagnostic assessment. Even a clinician would need to evaluate the actual diagnostic framework, longitudinal pattern, impairment, differential explanations, and relevant context.
Can high neuroticism and a personality disorder occur together?
Yes, in the ordinary statistical sense that a person can score relatively high on neuroticism and also meet criteria for a personality disorder. Research has repeatedly found associations between Five-Factor Model traits and personality pathology. But association is not identity.
The 2004 meta-analysis by Saulsman and Page found positive associations between neuroticism and many DSM-IV personality-disorder categories. Later work on ICD-11 shows substantial continuity between broad personality traits and personality-disorder trait domains. This means personality traits can help researchers describe variation in personality pathology; it does not create a diagnosis called “neurotic personality disorder.”
A useful analogy is that a risk factor or correlated trait can be relevant to many outcomes without being the outcome itself. A blood-pressure reading is not a diagnosis of every cardiovascular condition it correlates with. In the same way, a neuroticism score does not specify a personality disorder.
Is negative affectivity in ICD-11 the same as neuroticism?
They are related constructs, but they belong to different assessment frameworks and should not be treated as interchangeable labels. ICD-11 uses trait-domain specifiers to characterize personality pathology when clinically relevant. Research reviews have found expected relationships between ICD-11 negative affectivity and broader Five-Factor Model neuroticism, while also emphasizing that ICD-11 personality-disorder diagnosis depends centrally on personality dysfunction and severity.
This distinction is important for searchers who encounter the phrase “neurotic personality disorder” and then find ICD-11 material about negative affectivity. Similarity between trait domains does not mean that ICD-11 has renamed “neurotic personality disorder.” It has not.
Is there a “neurotic personality disorder test”?
No validated current diagnostic test can diagnose “neurotic personality disorder” because there is no current DSM-5-TR or ICD-11 diagnosis by that name.
There are legitimate personality questionnaires, symptom measures, structured interviews, and clinical assessment tools. They measure defined constructs. The APA’s DSM-5-TR assessment resources, for example, include personality inventories and symptom measures, while explicitly stating that these measures are intended to enhance clinical decision-making rather than serve as the sole basis for diagnosis.
ICD-11 personality-disorder research likewise includes instruments for severity and trait domains. A 2024 systematic review and meta-analysis found generally adequate internal consistency across available ICD-11 personality-disorder measures, while noting the need for further evidence on properties such as interrater and test-retest reliability. See Stumpp et al. (2024).
A quiz labeled “How neurotic are you?” therefore answers a different question from a clinical diagnostic assessment. Depending on its design, it may measure a personality trait, collect self-perceptions, or simply provide entertainment. It cannot create a diagnosis that modern diagnostic systems do not recognize.
Can neuroticism itself be diagnosed?
Neuroticism is measured, not diagnosed. It is a personality trait dimension. A person can score lower or higher on a validated measure, just as people vary on other personality dimensions.
A high score can be clinically relevant because neuroticism is associated with vulnerability to multiple forms of distress and psychopathology, but a trait result is not equivalent to a clinical disorder. The distinction between trait, symptom, risk factor, and diagnosis is essential:
Trait: a relatively enduring tendency measured dimensionally.
Emotional state: what a person is experiencing at a particular time.
Behavior pattern: a recurring way of responding.
Symptom: an experience or behavior considered within a clinical syndrome and context.
Risk factor or correlate: something associated with a greater probability of an outcome.
Screening result: a result indicating that further assessment may be useful.
Diagnosis: a recognized clinical classification based on the applicable diagnostic requirements and professional assessment.
Clinical disorder: the condition identified by that diagnostic process, not a synonym for an unwanted trait.
Can a person be “neurotic” without having any mental disorder?
Yes. Everyday language can label ordinary personality variation, coping habits, stress responses, or interpersonal styles as “neurotic.” A person may worry frequently, dislike uncertainty, be self-critical, or react strongly to stress without meeting criteria for a mental disorder.
Clinical assessment asks whether there is a recognizable syndrome or pattern with the required features, duration, severity, and functional consequences. The presence of a familiar behavior does not settle that question.
This is also why self-diagnosis from examples on social media is unreliable. Many psychological phenomena are nonspecific. The same visible behavior can arise from different mechanisms, and different people with the same diagnosis can look quite different.
What would a clinician assess instead of “how neurotic are you?”
A clinician trying to understand the concern would usually need a much richer picture. Depending on the presentation, assessment may include:
the specific thoughts, emotions, bodily sensations, and behaviors causing concern;
when the pattern began and how it developed over time;
whether it occurs across settings or mainly in particular situations;
the person’s ability to adapt when circumstances change;
the degree of subjective distress;
effects on relationships, work, education, self-care, sleep, and decision-making;
patterns of avoidance, checking, reassurance seeking, rumination, impulsivity, anger, withdrawal, or control;
mood, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, trauma-related, substance-related, neurodevelopmental, and other relevant symptoms;
medical, medication, sleep, and substance factors when relevant;
cultural and developmental context;
longstanding personality functioning and interpersonal patterns when a personality disorder is genuinely under consideration.
The APA describes the DSM as a clinical classification intended to support consistent diagnosis and communication, and its current materials stress the role of trained clinical judgment rather than mechanical checklist use. See What is the DSM?.
What about older diagnoses and the history of “neurosis”?
The words “neurotic” and “neurosis” have a long history in psychiatry, psychology, and psychoanalysis. Historical diagnostic systems used “neurosis” and related language in ways that are not equivalent to today’s everyday use of “neurotic.” Some older literature also used personality formulations that may sound similar to modern search phrases.
That historical fact does not make “neurotic personality disorder” a current diagnosis. Diagnostic vocabularies change, categories are reorganized, and the same word can move from technical usage into everyday speech.
This article therefore does not reconstruct the history of neurosis, psychoanalytic personality organization, or old DSM/ICD genealogies. Those topics belong to the Neurosis cluster so that historical concepts are not accidentally presented as current diagnostic categories.
Does the phrase mean an anxiety disorder?
No. Anxiety can be one reason a person is described as “neurotic,” but “neurotic personality disorder” is not another name for generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, or any other current anxiety diagnosis.
If the central problem is persistent fear, worry, panic, avoidance, or another anxiety presentation, the correct next step is to assess that specific pattern. The Anxiety & Fear-Related Disorders cluster owns current diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, assessment, and treatment.
Using the precise construct matters because evidence about a defined anxiety disorder can guide assessment and treatment in a way that a vague label cannot.
Does the phrase mean OCD?
No. Reassurance seeking, checking, perfectionism, repetitive thinking, and intolerance of uncertainty can sometimes be described casually as “neurotic,” but those behaviors do not establish obsessive-compulsive disorder.
OCD involves specific relationships among obsessions, compulsions, distress, time consumption, and impairment. Reassurance seeking can function as a compulsion in some OCD presentations, yet it can also occur for many other reasons. The presence of one behavior is therefore insufficient for diagnosis.
For the language distinction, see Neurotic Behavior: Meaning, Examples, and What It Does Not Diagnose. OCD-specific assessment and treatment remain in the OCD cluster.
Does the phrase mean a particular personality disorder?
No. It should not be used as a substitute name for borderline, avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive, narcissistic, or any other personality disorder.
Some characteristics that people informally call “neurotic” may overlap with features found in one or more recognized disorders. For example, fear of criticism, emotional reactivity, interpersonal insecurity, rigid perfectionism, or repeated reassurance seeking may appear in different clinical contexts. Overlap does not establish diagnostic equivalence.
The diagnostic question is always more specific: does the person meet the requirements for a recognized disorder, and is that diagnosis the best explanation after considering alternatives?
Why the label can become stigmatizing
Labels can turn a changeable or context-dependent pattern into a statement about the whole person. “You are neurotic” sounds more global than “you have been worrying a lot lately” or “you keep asking for reassurance when you feel uncertain.” The first statement describes identity; the others describe observable experiences and behaviors.
Stigma research and public mental-health guidance consistently emphasize that language can shape how people understand themselves and others. The Mental Health Foundation, for example, discusses why mental-health language matters.
Precision is useful even when no diagnosis is involved. Describing the actual pattern makes it easier to discuss needs, boundaries, coping, and possible professional help without inventing a clinical category.
A better vocabulary for common “neurotic” complaints
Instead of trying to decide whether someone has a “neurotic personality disorder,” describe the nearest observable or measurable phenomenon:
“I worry for hours about things that might go wrong.”
“I replay conversations and assume I embarrassed myself.”
“I ask my partner for reassurance repeatedly when I fear rejection.”
“I check work many times because mistakes feel intolerable.”
“I become very upset when plans change unexpectedly.”
“I avoid decisions because I am afraid of choosing incorrectly.”
“I am harshly self-critical after small mistakes.”
“I scored high on neuroticism on a validated personality measure.”
“This pattern happens across many areas of my life and has caused longstanding impairment.”
Each statement carries more psychological information than “I am neurotic.” It also helps keep the next step proportional: ordinary coping may be enough for some patterns, while persistent distress or impairment may warrant professional assessment.
Is there treatment for “neurotic personality disorder”?
There is no evidence-based treatment protocol for “neurotic personality disorder” as a standalone condition because it is not a current diagnosis.
Treatment evidence applies to the actual construct or disorder being treated. If the underlying problem is generalized anxiety disorder, OCD, depression, trauma-related symptoms, a recognized personality disorder, insomnia, or another condition, clinicians use evidence relevant to that condition. If the concern is a nonclinical pattern such as self-criticism, stress reactivity, or difficulty tolerating uncertainty, therapy may target that pattern without creating a diagnosis.
This distinction prevents a common error: taking evidence for one researched condition and applying it to anyone who has been called “neurotic.”
What can you do if the label feels accurate but you do not know what is underneath it?
Start by replacing the label with a short description of the problem. Track what happens before, during, and after the pattern. Notice what you fear, what you do to reduce discomfort, whether that strategy works only briefly, and what it costs over time.
For example, “I am neurotic about relationships” can become: “When my partner replies slowly, I imagine rejection, check my phone repeatedly, ask for reassurance, feel better briefly, and then become anxious again.” That description reveals a cycle that can actually be assessed.
If the pattern is persistent, causes significant distress, repeatedly damages relationships, interferes with work or daily life, or feels difficult to control, a qualified mental-health professional can help identify the relevant construct or diagnosis. The goal is clarity about the real problem, not confirmation of a vague label.
When should you seek professional assessment?
Professional assessment is worth considering when worry, emotional reactivity, compulsive behavior, avoidance, relationship instability, self-criticism, or another pattern is persistent and meaningfully interferes with functioning or well-being.
Assessment is especially useful when several explanations seem possible. A person may interpret the same experience as “my personality,” “anxiety,” “OCD,” “trauma,” “attachment,” or “just stress.” A clinician can examine the pattern longitudinally and distinguish symptoms, traits, coping strategies, and recognized disorders.
Seeking assessment does not mean that a personality disorder is likely. It means the concern deserves a more precise explanation than “neurotic personality disorder.”
Frequently asked questions
Is neurotic personality disorder in DSM-5-TR?
No. DSM-5-TR does not list a diagnosis called “neurotic personality disorder.” The American Psychiatric Association currently lists 10 specific personality disorder types in DSM-5-TR.
Is neurotic personality disorder in ICD-11?
No. ICD-11 does not use “neurotic personality disorder” as a current diagnosis. Its personality-disorder framework uses a dimensional approach centered on personality dysfunction/severity and trait characterization.
Is “neurotic personality” the same thing as a personality disorder?
No. “Neurotic personality” is usually an informal phrase. A personality disorder is a clinical diagnosis based on recognized diagnostic requirements. See Neurotic Personality: What People Mean and How It Differs From Neuroticism.
Can high neuroticism cause a personality disorder?
Research shows associations between neuroticism and multiple forms of psychopathology, including several personality-disorder patterns, but association does not establish a one-to-one causal pathway. High neuroticism is neither necessary nor sufficient to diagnose a personality disorder.
Can neuroticism be diagnosed?
No. Neuroticism is a measured personality trait. It can be assessed with validated personality instruments, but a trait score is not a psychiatric diagnosis.
Is there a neurotic personality disorder test?
No current validated diagnostic test exists for that phrase as a disorder. Tests can assess defined traits, symptoms, or recognized personality pathology; they cannot validate a diagnosis that DSM-5-TR and ICD-11 do not contain.
Does being anxious, perfectionistic, jealous, controlling, or reassurance-seeking mean I have a personality disorder?
No. Each of those patterns can occur in many contexts, including ordinary stress and several different psychological conditions. Diagnosis depends on the broader pattern, persistence, rigidity, impairment, context, and recognized criteria.
What is the difference between neuroticism and “neurotic personality disorder”?
Neuroticism is an established dimensional personality trait. “Neurotic personality disorder” is not a current diagnostic category. One can be measured; the other should not be treated as a formal diagnosis.
What should I say instead of “I have a neurotic personality disorder”?
Describe the actual experience: persistent worry, rumination, reassurance seeking, perfectionistic checking, emotional reactivity, fear of criticism, difficulty tolerating uncertainty, or another specific pattern. If a clinician has given you a diagnosis, use that recognized diagnosis rather than replacing it with the vague phrase.
Bottom line
“Neurotic personality disorder” is a convincing-sounding phrase without a current diagnostic category behind it. Modern psychology separates the everyday label “neurotic,” the measurable trait neuroticism, specific behavior and emotional patterns, recognized symptoms, screening results, and clinical diagnoses.
The most useful route is: everyday label → specific experience or behavior → precise psychological construct → evidence and context → recognized diagnosis only when diagnostic requirements are actually met.
If you want the broader everyday-language framework, start with What Is a Neurotic Person?. If the confusion is specifically between the label and personality science, see Neurotic vs Neuroticism.
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