English > anxiousness: 2 senses > noun 1, stateMeaning | (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 |
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Category | psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine | The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders |
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Narrower | castration anxiety | (psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions |
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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 |
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Spanish | ansiedad, zozobra |
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Catalan | ansietat |
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