psychoneurotic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of psychoneurotic
First recorded in 1900–05; psycho- + neurotic 1
Example Sentences
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Her use of bold 1970s-inspired trippy straight lines and hippie flowers reflects in many ways the push-pull of a scientist undergoing a psychoneurotic fantasy.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2011
The first line, taken off a pillbox, sets the tone: "Useful in acute and chronic depression, where accompanied by anxiety, insomnia, agitation; psychoneurotic states manifested by tension, apprehension, fatigue."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Medically speaking," Dr. Mortimer announced, "Eyring is psychoneurotic."
From Time Magazine Archive
He examined 1,880 psychoneurotic British soldiers and found that 171 had writer's cramp.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here, then, we have a definite case in which by the analysis of a single and incidentally the first dream we have arrived at the genesis of the psychoneurotic disorder.
From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various
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