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

A recent study of a representative sampling of the church's clergy men claims that fully 68% suffer from "mental, psychoneurotic and personality disorders."

From Time Magazine Archive

Church members are proud of the fact that of 634 of their boys in the armed forces not one was discharged for psychoneurotic reasons.

From Time Magazine Archive

Common colds, minor injuries, gastrointestinal upsets, back pain, arthritis and psychoneurotic anxiety states account for the vast majority of visits to clinics and doctors' offices.

From Time Magazine Archive

They develop exactly as psychoneurotic conditions do in the abdomen or in joints.

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