psychoneurosis

[ sahy-koh-noo-roh-sis, -nyoo- ]

noun

, plural psy·cho·neu·ro·ses [sahy-koh-n, oo, -, roh, -seez, -ny, oo, -].

1. neurosis ( def 1 ).

psychoneurosis

/ ˌsaɪkəʊnjʊˈrəʊsɪs; ˌsaɪkəʊnjʊˈrɒtɪk /

noun

1. another word for neurosis

Derived Forms

• psychoneurotic, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of psychoneurosis¹

First recorded in 1880–85; psycho- + neurosis

Example Sentences

Thus the psychoneurosis is in all its forms, I believe, regarded as a drama of the ego and its inner conflicts.

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A very severe psychoneurosis followed, and her children and she were taken over by her parents and cared for.

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