psychoneurotic

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

Basically physical ills will ebb and flow with climate and weather changes; psychoneurotic troubles vary with alterations in the patient's emotional state or "internal climate."

From Time Magazine Archive

Just three months old, it already has 2,000 psychoneurotic patients, with an overflow of 1,500 more farmed out to private clinics and hospitals.

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

It often happens that after an acute lumbago has run its course, there is left a chronic achiness only partly physical and largely psychoneurotic.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)