psychoneurotic

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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

Hitler's psychoneurotic schnapp-suds � gill megalomaniac absinthe � la Mussolini �cup dry water 1 handful lukewarm ice 1 11beral dash Czechoslovak bitterness Hold nose while drinking.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

No attention has been paid to the general psychoneurotic or psychotic Anlage.

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various