adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to or suffering from a psychoneurosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
psychoneurotic
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UK: /sʌɪkəʊnjʊˈɹɒtɪk/
noun
Meaning 2
Someone suffering from a psychoneurosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 3
affected with emotional disorder
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: neurotic
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noun
Meaning 4
a person suffering from neurosis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: neurotic, mental case
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sick person, diseased person, sufferer
Narrower terms: claustrophobe, hysteric, obsessive, obsessive-compulsive, sociopath, psychopath
History
Etymology
From psycho- + neurotic, after psychoneurosis.