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PSYCHONEUROTIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person suffering from neurosis
Synonyms:
mental case; neurotic; psychoneurotic
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("psychoneurotic" is a kind of...):
diseased person; sick person; sufferer (a person suffering from an illness)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "psychoneurotic"):
claustrophobe (a person suffering from claustrophobia)
hysteric (a person suffering from hysteria)
obsessive (a person who has obsessions)
obsessive-compulsive (a person with obsessive-compulsive characteristics)
psychopath; sociopath (someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder ('psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by 'sociopath'))
Derivation:
psychoneurotic (affected with emotional disorder)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Affected with emotional disorder
Synonyms:
neurotic; psychoneurotic
Classified under:
Similar:
schizoid (marked by withdrawal and inability to form close relationships)
psychosomatic (used of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis)
phobic (suffering from irrational fears)
pathological (caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition)
obsessive-compulsive (characterized by obsessions and compulsions)
obsessional; obsessive (characterized by or constituting an obsession)
nymphomaniac; nymphomaniacal ((used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire)
monomaniacal (obsessed with a single subject or idea)
megalomaniacal; megalomanic (suffering from megalomania)
hysteric; hysterical (characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria)
hypochondriac; hypochondriacal (suffering from hypochondria)
disturbed; maladjusted (emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships)
delusional (suffering from or characterized by delusions)
compulsive (caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion)
aboulic; abulic (suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions)
Derivation:
psychoneurosis (a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction)
psychoneurotic (a person suffering from neurosis)
