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psychoneurotic

[sahy-koh-noo-rot-ik, -nyoo-] / ˌsaɪ koʊ nʊˈrɒt ɪk, -njʊ- /




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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

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

He examined 1,880 psychoneurotic British soldiers and found that 171 had writer's cramp.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

It is in those of delicate health, neurotic disposition, and psychoneurotic tendencies, that reassurances are needed.

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




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