n., pl., -ses (-sēz).
Neurosis. No longer in scientific use.
psychoneurotic psy'cho·neu·rot'ic (-rŏt'ĭk) adj. & n.
psychoneurosis
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1. an abnormal reaction to the environment, including anxieties, phobias, hysteria, and hypochondria. n 2. a term that includes neurasthenia, hysteria, psychasthenia, and mental disorders short of insanity
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(sī'kō-nʊ-rō'sĭs, -nyʊ-)
n., pl. -ses (-sēz).psy'cho·neu·rot'ic (-rŏt'ĭk) adj.
n., pl. -ses (-sēz).psy'cho·neu·rot'ic (-rŏt'ĭk) adj.
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A neurosis based on emotional conflict.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction
Synonyms: neurosis, neuroticism
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- neurasthenia (condition – in medicine)
- pellagra
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- psychiatry (in psychology)
- Theodor Dosuzkov (psychoanalysis)
- David Montague Eder (psychoanalysis)
- psychosis
- Actual Neurosis/Defense Neurosis (psychoanalysis)
- Narcissistic Neurosis (psychoanalysis)
- psychosomatic disease: philosophical and psychological aspects
- psychoanalysis (in psychology)
- Carl Gustav Jung
- Processes of Development (psychoanalysis)
