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English noun: anxiety | |||
| 1. | anxiety (state) (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic | ||
| Synonyms | anxiousness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | castration anxiety, hypochondria, hypochondriasis, overanxiety, panic, scare | ||
| Domain category | psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology | ||
| 2. | anxiety (feeling) a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | emotion | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | angst, anxiousness, care, concern, discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment, disquiet, disquietude, edginess, fear, inquietude, insecurity, jitteriness, jumpiness, misgiving, nervousness, qualm, restiveness, scruple, sinking, sinking feeling, trouble, uneasiness, worry | ||
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