psychoneurotic

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English

Etymology

From psycho- +‎ neurotic, after psychoneurosis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

psychoneurotic (comparative more psychoneurotic, superlative most psychoneurotic)

  1. Pertaining to or suffering from a psychoneurosis.

Noun

psychoneurotic (plural psychoneurotics)

  1. Someone suffering from a psychoneurosis.
    • 1999, Joyce Crick, translating Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Oxford 2008, p. 114:
      As I have mentioned, when I undertake the analysis of a psychoneurotic [translating Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Psychoneurotiker" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.] his dreams are regularly the subject of our discussions.

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