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Anxiety

nounid 10654·updated May 18, 2026
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(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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Variants

synonym
anxiousness
plural
Anxieties
possessive
Anxiety's
pluralpossessive
Anxieties'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
§2
(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
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
(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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