psychoneurotic
9.9
A person with a long-term emotional problem that causes strong anxiety
- noun
- /ˌsaɪkoʊnʊˈrɑtɪk/
- Archaic
:
psiconeurótico
- He struggled to cope with his life as a psychoneurotic, often feeling anxious in social situations.
Examples
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After years of treatment, the psychoneurotic finally found ways to balance her emotions and improve her daily life.
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She is an extreme psychoneurotic with uncontrolled sexual impulses.
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She is an extreme psychoneurotic with uncontrollable sexual impulses.
Fiction book (1991) -
The therapist recommended that the psychoneurotic patient seek group therapy to manage her symptoms.
Synonyms
neurotic
vspsychoneurotic
1
7.4
A person who is very worried about small things and cannot relax
is more general and simply states being affected by neurosis
Surface Forms
psychoneurotic singular
psychoneurotics plural
Etymology
Psychoneurotic for a person joins psycho- 'mind' and neuro- 'nerve', so a psychoneurotic is someone with ongoing emotional or nervous problems.