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A mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction
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psychoneurosis
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction [syn: neurosis , neuroticism ] [also: psychoneuroses (pl)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context dated English) neurosis
Usage examples of psychoneurosis.
In plain language, psychoneurosis situational simply refers to the common fact that, if you put a man in a situation that worries him more than he can stand, in time he blows up, one way or another.
He emphasized the increasing incidence of occupational psychoneurosis among the engineers and the grave danger to everyone near the bomb even under the orthodox theory.
In psychoneurosis, the patient does not consciously know what is causing his disturbances.
Research in Abnormal, as well as Normal psychology, indubitably indicates, not only the existence of spirits, but also unquestionably demonstrates that such entities play an important role in the various psychoneuroses and insanities.
Thus, if remaining stuck in the biosphere results in the borderline/narcissistic conditions, going to the other extreme and alienating the biosphere results directly in the psychoneuroses.