psychoneurotic
English edit
Etymology edit
From psycho- + neurotic, after psychoneurosis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
psychoneurotic (comparative more psychoneurotic, superlative most psychoneurotic)
- Pertaining to or suffering from a psychoneurosis.
Noun edit
psychoneurotic (plural psychoneurotics)
- 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.