psychoneurosis

psychoneurosis
noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1883 neurosis; especially a neurosis based on emotional conflict in which an impulse that has been blocked seeks expression in a disguised response or symptom • psychoneurotic adjective or noun

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  • psychoneurosis — saɪkəʊnÊŠ rəʊsɪs / njÊŠ n. neurosis, mental disorder characterized by obsessions anxiety and physical symptoms that cannot be attributed to a physiological origin …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • psychoneurosis — psy·cho·neurosis …   English syllables

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