| NOUN | state | anxiousness, anxiety | (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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| feeling | anxiousness, disquiet | a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments |
| Meaning | (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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| Synonym | anxiety | |
| Category | psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine | The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders |
| Narrower | castration anxiety | (psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions |
| hypochondria, hypochondriasis | chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments | |
| overanxiety | excessive anxiety | |
| panic, scare | sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events | |
| Broader | psychological state, psychological condition, mental state, mental condition | (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic |
| Spanish | ansiedad, zozobra | |
| Catalan | ansietat | |
| Meaning | A feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments. | |
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| Synonym | disquiet | |
| Broader | anxiety | A vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune |
| Spanish | preocupación | |
| Catalan | preocupació | |
| Adjectives | anxious | causing or fraught with or showing anxiety |
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