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
Dr. Menninger's summary: in World War II, Custer, for all his dashing aggressiveness, would have been discharged as a psychoneurotic.
From Time Magazine Archive
Basically, it isn't so much the heat of battle that makes a soldier break down and become psychoneurotic; it's a combination of past woes and the sympathy he knows he'll get behind the lines.
From Time Magazine Archive
The failure rate is low; an FAA study showed that for every 1,000 pilots tested, only eight are denied certification for medical reasons, and only two of those for psychoneurotic disorders.
From Time Magazine Archive
We shall not, however, hesitate to assert that the existence of the infantile amnesia gives us a new point of comparison between the psychic states of the child and those of the psychoneurotic.
From Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex by Brill, A. A. (Abraham Arden)
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