psychoneurotic

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psychoneurotic

  • /sʌɪkəʊnjʊˈɹɒtɪk/ UK

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From psycho- + neurotic, after psychoneurosis.

adjective more psychoneurotic · most psychoneurotic

  1. Pertaining to or suffering from a psychoneurosis. On the basis of more than 1,000 first-time patients, the hospital found that about half suffered from psychoneurotic troubles, while one-third were psychotic and the rest had personality disorders. The psychoneurotic (often simplified to neurotic) person has an inner conflict that may lead to depres

noun psychoneurotics

  1. Someone suffering from a psychoneurosis. As I have mentioned, when I undertake the analysis of a psychoneurotic [translating Psychoneurotiker] his dreams are regularly the subject of our discussions.

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@misc{psychoneurotic_2026,
  title = {psychoneurotic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/psychoneurotic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}