psychoneurotic

English

Etymology

From psycho- +‎ neurotic, after psychoneurosis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sʌɪkəʊnjʊˈɹɒtɪk/

Adjective

psychoneurotic (comparative more psychoneurotic, superlative most psychoneurotic)

1. Pertaining to or suffering from a psychoneurosis.

Noun

psychoneurotic (plural psychoneurotics)

1. Someone suffering from a psychoneurosis.
   • 1999, Sigmund Freud, translated by Joyce Crick, The Interpretation of Dreams, Oxford, published 2008, page 114:

     As I have mentioned, when I undertake the analysis of a psychoneurotic [translating Psychoneurotiker] his dreams are regularly the subject of our discussions.

Anagrams

• neuropsychotic