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psychoneurotic

UK/sʌɪkəʊnjʊˈɹɒtɪk/

psychoneurotic adjective: pertaining to or suffering from a psychoneurosis.

Adjective

psychoneurotic (comparative more psychoneurotic, superlative 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...1962 July 23, “Mental Clinic Offering 24-Hour Emergency Aid; New Roosevelt Hospital Unit Acts on Immediate Needs for Psychiatric Care”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times...

Noun

psychoneurotic (plural 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.1999, Sigmund Freud, translated by Joyce Crick, The Interpretation of Dreams, Oxford, published 2008, page 114

Forms of psychoneurotic

Adjective
comparativemore psychoneurotic
superlativemost psychoneurotic
Noun
pluralpsychoneurotics

Origin of psychoneurotic

From psycho- + neurotic, after psychoneurosis.

Words formed from psychoneurotic

Questions about psychoneurotic

What does psychoneurotic mean?
Psychoneurotic means pertaining to or suffering from a psychoneurosis.
What part of speech is psychoneurotic?
Psychoneurotic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce psychoneurotic?
Psychoneurotic is pronounced /sʌɪkəʊnjʊˈɹɒtɪk/ (UK).

Words near psychoneurotic in the dictionary

  1. psychoneurologists
  2. psychoneurology
  3. psychoneuromuscular
  4. psychoneuroses
  5. psychoneurosis
  6. psychoneurotic
  7. psychoneurotically
  8. psychoneurotics
  9. psychonic
  10. psychonomic
  11. psychonomics

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