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psychoneurosis

noun
psy·​cho·​neu·​ro·​sis | \ ˌsī-kō-nu̇-ˈrō-səs How to pronounce psychoneurosis (audio) , -nyu̇-\

Definition of psychoneurosis

: neurosis especially : a neurosis based on emotional conflict in which an impulse that has been blocked seeks expression in a disguised response or symptom
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Other Words from psychoneurosis

psychoneurotic \ ˌsī-​kō-​nu̇-​ˈrä-​tik How to pronounce psychoneurotic (audio) , -​nyu̇-​ \ adjective or noun

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 In February, 1933, she was admitted to a hospital for psychoneurosis. — Roxana Robinson, The New Yorker, "The Rivalry Between Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Sister Ida," 4 Sep. 2019 Georgia fell into a depression in 1933 after an aborted mural commission at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, and checked into Manhattan’s Doctors Hospital to be treated for psychoneurosis. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "Georgia O’Keeffe’s forgotten sister, and a glimpse of what might have been," 1 Aug. 2019

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First Known Use of psychoneurosis

1879, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for psychoneurosis

New Latin

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psychoneurosis

noun
psy·​cho·​neu·​ro·​sis | \ -n(y)u̇-ˈrō-səs How to pronounce psychoneurosis (audio) \
plural psychoneuroses\ -​ˌsēz How to pronounce psychoneuroses (audio) \

Medical Definition of psychoneurosis

: neurosis especially : a neurosis based on emotional conflict in which an impulse that has been blocked seeks expression in a disguised response or symptom — compare actual neurosis

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