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anxiety
has definitions from the fields of psychology,psychiatry
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[ noun ] (psychology,psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of anxiety occurring in a variety of mental disorders
Synonyms Used in print (J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)Repeated attempts to withdraw steroids entirely were unsuccessful because increased muscle weakness resulted , as_well_as fever , malaise , anorexia , anxiety , and an exacerbation of the anemia . (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)He showed convincingly that anxiety is a learned ( conditioned_)_reaction and is the basis of experimental and clinical neuroses and assumed , therefore , that the neuronal changes which underlie the neuroses are functional and reversible . He took advantage of the antagonism between aggressive assertiveness and anxiety and found a relatively rapid disappearance of anxiety when the former attitude was established . He took advantage of the antagonism between aggressive assertiveness and anxiety and found a relatively rapid disappearance of anxiety when the former attitude was established . Furthermore , a functional antagonism exists between an aggressive attitude and a state of anxiety . Related terms psychological_state panic hypochondria overanxiety castration_anxiety |
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[ noun ] a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
Used in print (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)Certainly there would be less anxiety , fewer accidents ( it is the clumsy child who sustains the worst injuries ) , and higher scholastic averages , since alert children work better . (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)He wondered if it wore the old anxiety , or the old , taut stoicism . (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)This discovery caused Hal anxiety . Related terms emotion concern distress scruple Angst edginess jitteriness sinking anxiousness insecurity discomfiture |
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