psychoneurosis
noun
psychoneuroses
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pluralof psychoneurosis.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The psychoneuroses are generally considered milder mental illnesses than the psychoses, but some of them can be as stubbornly difficult to treat.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most psychiatrists hold that the way to treat the minor mental ills classified as psychoneuroses* is by mental means alone.
From Time Magazine Archive
We glean a second hint from the analysis of the psychoneuroses, especially of hysteria.
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud
If these passages are capable of throwing light upon the intimate relations between the dream and the psychoneuroses, they have served the purpose for which I have taken them up.
From Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners by Sigmund Freud
Of all the forms of nervousness proper, the psychoneuroses, hysteria is probably the one having its source mainly in the character of the patient.
From The Nervous Housewife by Abraham Myerson
