psychoneurosis
noun
psy·cho·neu·ro·sis
ˌsī-kō-nu̇-ˈrō-səs 
-nyu̇-
: neurosis
especially
: a neurosis based on emotional conflict in which an impulse that has been blocked seeks expression in a disguised response or symptom
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In February, 1933, she was admitted to a hospital for psychoneurosis.
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Roxana Robinson, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2019
Georgia fell into a depression in 1933 after an aborted mural commission at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, and checked into Manhattan’s Doctors Hospital to be treated for psychoneurosis.
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Roxana Robinson, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2019
Georgia fell into a depression in 1933 after an aborted mural commission at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, and checked into Manhattan’s Doctors Hospital to be treated for psychoneurosis.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2019
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“Psychoneurosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/psychoneurosis. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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psychoneurosis
noun
psy·cho·neu·ro·sis
-n(y)u̇-ˈrō-səs
plural psychoneuroses
-ˌsēz
: neurosis
especially
: a neurosis based on emotional conflict in which an impulse that has been blocked seeks expression in a disguised response or symptom compare actual neurosis
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