HyperDic: castration_anxiety

English > 1 sense of the expression castration anxiety:
NOUNstatecastration anxiety(psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions
English > castration anxiety: 1 sense > noun 1, state
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.
Categorypsychoanalysis, analysis, depth psychologyA set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders
Broaderanxiety, 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
Catalancomplex de castració

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