| NOUN | state | castration anxiety | (psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions |
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| Meaning | (psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally / originally applied only to men but can in principle apply to women. | |
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| Category | psychoanalysis, analysis, depth psychology | A set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders |
| Broader | anxiety, anxiousness | (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 |
| Catalan | complex de castració | |
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