Engelsk substantiv: anxiety |
1. | anxiety (om tilstand) (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 |
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| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | anxiousness |
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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state |
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| Mere spesifikke uttrykk | castration anxiety, hypochondria, hypochondriasis, overanxiety, panic, scare |
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| Overordnet kategori | psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology |
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2. | anxiety (om følelse) a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune |
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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | emotion |
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| Mere spesifikke uttrykk | 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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