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[ noun ] an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom

Used in print

(James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)

In our present era of Science and Angst , the heart has been downgraded , to use one of our popular retrogressive verbs '' .

In our age of Science and Angst it seems to me more brave to stay on Earth and explore inner man than to fly far from the sphere of our sorrow and explore outer_space '' .

Related terms

anxiety

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 24937
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