psychoneurotic
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Her use of bold 1970s-inspired trippy straight lines and hippie flowers reflects in many ways the push-pull of a scientist undergoing a psychoneurotic fantasy.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2011
Dr. Menninger's summary: in World War II, Custer, for all his dashing aggressiveness, would have been discharged as a psychoneurotic.
From Time Magazine Archive
The failure rate is low; an FAA study showed that for every 1,000 pilots tested, only eight are denied certification for medical reasons, and only two of those for psychoneurotic disorders.
From Time Magazine Archive
The reader is apt to get the impression that the term, psychoneurotic, means the same thing as paranoiac.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is in those of delicate health, neurotic disposition, and psychoneurotic tendencies, that reassurances are needed.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
