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Definition of neurotic in English: neuroticadjective njʊəˈrɒtɪkn(j)ʊˈrɑdɪk Medicine 1Having, caused by, or relating to neurosis. Example sentencesExamples - In most of these studies the subjects were being treated for endogenous depression, neurotic depressive reaction, or psychoneurotic reaction with depression.
- Thus, by putting the patient in contact with his phantasy world, psychoanalysis offers a special setting for a patient who is oscillating between the psychotic and the neurotic aspects of himself.
- The first thesis is that much neurotic symptomatology and indeed much so-called normal behaviour has a psychotic core.
- King's symptoms reflect his own time just as Freud's neurotic patients described their suffering in a way that was a product of their historical period and peculiar moral and social discourse.
- This, it was believed, would pacify psychotic patients and relieve extreme neurotic symptoms.
Synonyms mentally ill, mentally disturbed, mentally deranged, unstable, unbalanced, maladjusted, psychoneurotic psychopathic, phobic - 1.1 (in non-technical use) abnormally sensitive, obsessive, or anxious.
he seemed a neurotic, self-obsessed character Example sentencesExamples - Maybe it's because this material is Jarecki's treasure-trove, and if filming is a neurotic, obsessive-compulsive activity, Jarecki is effectively complicit in it.
- While he is a sensitive and intelligent character, he is also incredibly neurotic and obsessed with his sister, Caddy.
- In Down and Out in Beverly Hills, there is even a psychoanalyst, Dr. Von Zimmer, who treats neurotic canines.
- The amusing thing here, of course, is that De Niro's character in the film is clearly an obsessive, neurotic control freak who also teaches his cat to use a flush toilet.
- There are other parallels between the two men, such as both have the same agent, and both of them seem to be rather neurotic and obsessive, a trait that seems to occur in many comedians.
Synonyms overanxious, anxious, nervous, tense, highly strung, jumpy, oversensitive, paranoid obsessive, compulsive, phobic, fixated, hysterical, overwrought, manic, irrational British nervy informal twitchy British informal stressy
noun njʊəˈrɒtɪkn(j)ʊˈrɑdɪk A neurotic person. I wasn't going to be labelled as a hypochondriac or neurotic Example sentencesExamples - In his quest to treat all neurotics, and not just those who suffer from hysteria, Freud abandons hypnotism and develops the technique of free association.
- Freud concluded that both neurotics who had been exposed to shock and children who had been exposed to distress were attempting to master their unpleasant experiences by repeating them in dream and play.
- Writing about dreams - for Freud, prime evidence in the case of neurotics - the Brazilian-trained psychoanalyst Ignes Sodre posits a common source for different affects.
- This is the world of neurotics in which psychoanalysis is involved.
- I hope I haven't confused you too much about the difference between a psychotic and a neurotic, there is a definite difference.
Rhymes abiotic, amniotic, antibiotic, chaotic, demotic, despotic, erotic, exotic, homoerotic, hypnotic, idiotic, macrobiotic, meiotic, narcotic, osmotic, patriotic, prebiotic, psychotic, quixotic, robotic, sclerotic, semiotic, symbiotic, zygotic, zymotic Definition of neurotic in US English: neuroticadjectiven(y)o͝oˈrädikn(j)ʊˈrɑdɪk Medicine 1Having, caused by, or relating to neurosis. Example sentencesExamples - The first thesis is that much neurotic symptomatology and indeed much so-called normal behaviour has a psychotic core.
- King's symptoms reflect his own time just as Freud's neurotic patients described their suffering in a way that was a product of their historical period and peculiar moral and social discourse.
- This, it was believed, would pacify psychotic patients and relieve extreme neurotic symptoms.
- Thus, by putting the patient in contact with his phantasy world, psychoanalysis offers a special setting for a patient who is oscillating between the psychotic and the neurotic aspects of himself.
- In most of these studies the subjects were being treated for endogenous depression, neurotic depressive reaction, or psychoneurotic reaction with depression.
Synonyms mentally ill, mentally disturbed, mentally deranged, unstable, unbalanced, maladjusted, psychoneurotic - 1.1 (in nontechnical use) abnormally sensitive, obsessive, or anxious.
everyone was neurotic about burglars a neurotic obsession with neat handwriting Example sentencesExamples - There are other parallels between the two men, such as both have the same agent, and both of them seem to be rather neurotic and obsessive, a trait that seems to occur in many comedians.
- In Down and Out in Beverly Hills, there is even a psychoanalyst, Dr. Von Zimmer, who treats neurotic canines.
- While he is a sensitive and intelligent character, he is also incredibly neurotic and obsessed with his sister, Caddy.
- The amusing thing here, of course, is that De Niro's character in the film is clearly an obsessive, neurotic control freak who also teaches his cat to use a flush toilet.
- Maybe it's because this material is Jarecki's treasure-trove, and if filming is a neurotic, obsessive-compulsive activity, Jarecki is effectively complicit in it.
Synonyms overanxious, anxious, nervous, tense, highly strung, jumpy, oversensitive, paranoid
nounn(y)o͝oˈrädikn(j)ʊˈrɑdɪk A neurotic person. Example sentencesExamples - Freud concluded that both neurotics who had been exposed to shock and children who had been exposed to distress were attempting to master their unpleasant experiences by repeating them in dream and play.
- In his quest to treat all neurotics, and not just those who suffer from hysteria, Freud abandons hypnotism and develops the technique of free association.
- I hope I haven't confused you too much about the difference between a psychotic and a neurotic, there is a definite difference.
- Writing about dreams - for Freud, prime evidence in the case of neurotics - the Brazilian-trained psychoanalyst Ignes Sodre posits a common source for different affects.
- This is the world of neurotics in which psychoanalysis is involved.
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