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psychoneurotic

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psy·cho·neu·ro·sis  (sk-n-rss, -ny-)
n. pl. psy·cho·neu·ro·ses (-sz)
Neurosis. No longer in scientific use.
psycho·neu·rotic (-rtk) adj. & n.
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Noun1.psychoneurotic - a person suffering from neurosispsychoneurotic - a person suffering from neurosis    
mental case, neurotic
claustrophobe - a person suffering from claustrophobia
hysteric - a person suffering from hysteria
obsessive - a person who has obsessions
obsessive-compulsive - a person with obsessive-compulsive characteristics
psychopath, sociopath - someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
diseased person, sick person, sufferer - a person suffering from an illness
Adj.1.psychoneurotic - affected with emotional disorder
neurotic
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Caught up in this causal nexus, trapped by the very language with which he seeks to explain himself, the psychoneurotic individual threshes about within his subject-predicate-object prison, the victim of his language-thought limitations.
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