psychoneurosis

American  

[sahy-koh-noo-roh-sis, -nyoo-] / ˌsaɪ koʊ nʊˈroʊ sɪs, -nyʊ- /

noun

plural

psychoneuroses

1. neurosis.

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psychoneurosis British  

/ ˌsaɪkəʊnjʊˈrəʊsɪs, ˌsaɪkəʊnjʊˈrɒtɪk /

noun

1. another word for neurosis

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Other Word Forms

• psychoneurotic adjective

Etymology

Origin of psychoneurosis

First recorded in 1880–85; psycho- + neurosis

Example Sentences

Most startling, an additional 1,970 men at one point were hospitalized with sicknesses, including 72 with what was described as “psychoneurosis.”

From New York Times

In February, 1933, she was admitted to a hospital for psychoneurosis.

From The New Yorker

Freud wrote that he had come to explain psychoneuroses “by supposing that this translation has not taken place in the case of some of the material.”

From New York Times

Now, however, I want to draw your attention to the difference between the symptoms of the true neuroses and the psychoneuroses, the first group of which, the transference neurosis, has occupied us considerably.

From Project Gutenberg

In the treatment of this immense number of cases, a very large amount of the most valuable therapeutic experience for psychoneuroses was accumulated.

From Project Gutenberg