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psychoneurosis

[ sahy-koh-noo-roh-sis, -nyoo- ]

noun

plural psychoneuroses


psychoneurosis

/ ˌsaɪkəʊnjʊˈrəʊsɪs; ˌsaɪkəʊnjʊˈrɒtɪk /

noun

  1. another word for neurosis
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Derived Forms

  • psychoneurotic, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of psychoneurosis1

First recorded in 1880–85; psycho- + neurosis
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Example Sentences

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Most startling, an additional 1,970 men at one point were hospitalized with sicknesses, including 72 with what was described as “psychoneurosis.”

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In February, 1933, she was admitted to a hospital for psychoneurosis.

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Freud wrote that he had come to explain psychoneuroses “by supposing that this translation has not taken place in the case of some of the material.”

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In the same way passing signs of sexual excitation, which accompany the sexual act, are used by psychoneurosis as the most convenient and appropriate material for symptom formation.

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In the treatment of this immense number of cases, a very large amount of the most valuable therapeutic experience for psychoneuroses was accumulated.

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