psychoneurotic
English Thesaurus
1. a person suffering from neurosis (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | claustrophobe, |
| definition | : | a person suffering from claustrophobia (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | hysteric, |
| definition | : | a person suffering from hysteria (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | obsessive, |
| definition | : | a person who has obsessions (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | obsessive-compulsive, |
| definition | : | a person with obsessive-compulsive characteristics (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | psychopath, sociopath, |
| definition | : | someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath') (noun.person) |
2. affected with emotional disorder (adj.all)
| similar | : | aboulic, abulic, |
| definition | : | suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions (adj.all) |
| similar | : | compulsive, |
| definition | : | caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion (adj.all) |
| similar | : | delusional, |
| definition | : | suffering from or characterized by delusions (adj.all) |
| similar | : | disturbed, maladjusted, |
| definition | : | emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships (adj.all) |
| similar | : | hysteric, hysterical, |
| definition | : | characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria (adj.all) |
| similar | : | monomaniacal, |
| definition | : | obsessed with a single subject or idea (adj.all) |
| similar | : | pathological, |
| definition | : | caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition (adj.all) |
| similar | : | phobic, |
| definition | : | suffering from irrational fears (adj.all) |
| similar | : | psychosomatic, |
| definition | : | used of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis (adj.all) |
| similar | : | schizoid, |
| definition | : | marked by withdrawal and inability to form close relationships (adj.all) |
3. a person suffering from neurosis (noun.person)
4. affected with emotional disorder (adj.all)
| antonym | : | unneurotic, |
| definition | : | not neurotic (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | neurosis, neuroticism, psychoneurosis, |
| definition | : | a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction (noun.state) |
5. a person suffering from neurosis (noun.person)
6. affected with emotional disorder (adj.all)
| antonym | : | unneurotic, |
| definition | : | not neurotic (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | neurosis, neuroticism, psychoneurosis, |
| definition | : | a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction (noun.state) |
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