psychoneurotic
Adjective
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Affected with emotional disorder (synset 301587448)
similar to:
- aboulic, abulic - suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions
- compulsive - caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion
- delusional - suffering from or characterized by delusions
- disturbed, maladjusted - emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships
- hypochondriac, hypochondriacal - suffering from hypochondria
- hysteric, hysterical - characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria
- megalomaniacal, megalomanic - suffering from megalomania
- monomaniacal - obsessed with a single subject or idea
- nymphomaniac, nymphomaniacal - (used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire
- obsessional, obsessive - characterized by or constituting an obsession
- obsessive-compulsive - characterized by obsessions and compulsions
- pathological - caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition
- phobic - suffering from irrational fears
- psychosomatic - used of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis
- schizoid - marked by withdrawal and inability to form close relationships
same as: neurotic
Noun
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A person suffering from neurosis (synset 110374597)
subtypes:
- 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personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
same as: mental case, neurotic
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