psychoneurosis

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

noun

, plural psy·cho·neu·ro·ses [sahy-koh-n, oo, -, roh, -seez, -ny, oo, -].

1. neurosis ( def 1 ).

psychoneurosis

/ ˌsaɪkəʊnjʊˈrəʊsɪs; ˌsaɪkəʊnjʊˈrɒtɪk /

noun

1. another word for neurosis

Derived Forms

• psychoneurotic, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of psychoneurosis¹

First recorded in 1880–85; psycho- + neurosis

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times

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

From The New Yorker

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.”

From New York Times

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg