Meaning Anxiety
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A feeling of apprehension and fear, characterized by physical symptoms such as palpitations, sweating, and feelings of stress.
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Feelings of fear, dread, and uneasiness that may occur as a reaction to stress. A person with anxiety may sweat, feel restless and tense, and have a rapid heart beat. Extreme anxiety that happens ofte [..]
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 An intense emotional response caused by the preconscious recognition that a repressed conflict is about to emerge into consciousness.
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What your prospect feels when confronted with friction on your landing page or website. Anxiety occurs when your page poorly communicates your value proposition or creates doubt in the user’s mind.
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Uneasiness of the mind, typically shown by apprehension, worry and fear about everyday situations. Anxiety can co-exist with ADHD.
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1520s, from Latin anxietatem (nominative anxietas) "anguish, anxiety, solicitude," noun of quality from anxius (see anxious). Psychiatric use dates to 1904. Age of Anxiety is from Auden' [..]
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excessive worry or fear about possible misfortune.
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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 a vague unpleasant emotion [..]
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worry; a feeling of fear about something you think might happen
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The physiological and psychological reaction to an expected danger, whether real or imagined.
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a mood state characterized by worry, apprehension, and somatic symptoms. Similar to the tension caused when an individual anticipates impending danger, catastrophe, or misfortune. The threat the perso [..]
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umru
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agitation
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anxiety (pop)
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dysphoria
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A dream of this kind is occasionally a good omen, denoting, after threatening states, success and rejuvenation of mind; but if the dreamer is anxious about some momentous affair, it indicates a disastrous combination of business and social states.   
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We all experience some anxiety sometimes, but many people don't really know what it is. According to one dictionary definition, anxiety can be defined as a strong and unpleasant feeling of nervou [..]
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Anxiety is provoked by fear or apprehension and also results from a tension caused by conflicting ideas or motivations. Anxiety manifests through mental and somatic symptoms such as palpitations, dizz [..]
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An irrational fear often without an obvious physical reason for the anxiety.
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(n) a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune(n) (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety [..]
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A feeling of nervousness, uneasiness, apprehension or dread.
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Extreme apprehensiveness related to uncertainty.
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  feelings of apprehension, uneasiness, agitation, uncertainty and fear because of threat or danger.     
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Anxiety is a state associated with feelings of dread accompanied by a physical response that can produce sensations such as sweating and heart palpitations.
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The emotion of fear linked to the anticipation of future danger or misfortune.
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A mental state of stress. Anxiety is associated with high cortisol levels in the blood. Behaviors include trembling, fidgeting, perspiring, fast respiration, higher pulse rate and higher blood pressure. An experiment carried out by Muzak Corporation at St. Joseph's Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska showed that sedative music can significantly reduce [..]
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Feeling or Emotion of dread, apprehension, and impending Disaster but not disabling as with Anxiety Disorders.
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Anxiety due to fantasized injuries to or loss of the genitals.
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Abnormal Fear or dread of visiting the Dentist for preventive care or therapy and unwarranted Anxiety over dental procedures.
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Anxiety related to the execution of a task. (Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary, 9th ed.)
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Anxiety experienced by an individual upon separation from a Person or object of particular significance to him.
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Feeling or emotion of dread, apprehension, and impending disaster but not disabling as with ANXIETY DISORDERS.
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Anxiety due to fantasized injuries to or loss of the genitals.
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Anxiety experienced by an individual upon separation from a person or object of particular significance to him.
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see EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR, PREAVERSIVE STIMULUS.
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see conditioned suppression.
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Anxiety is a descriptive term which refers to the changes in a performance produced by an aversive or preaversive stimulus. These changes include a decrease in the frequency of many operant performanc [..]
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Anxiety is an emotional state in the cat, as it is in people. Anxiety occurs when a cat is in an environment or situation where he or she feels insecure and cannot predict what will happen. It is a pr [..]
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an intense feeling of fear or discomfort, often accompanied by physical symptoms, such and a pounding heart, sweating, nausea, rapid breathing, dizziness, or numbness.
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Feelings of fear, dread, and uneasiness that may occur as a reaction to stress. A person with anxiety may sweat, feel restless and tense, and have a rapid heart beat. Extreme anxiety that happens often over time may be a sign of an anxiety disorder.
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  Anticipation of danger or misfortune accompanied by intense worry, somatic symptoms, tension and dysphoria.
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<psychology> The unpleasant emotional state consisting of psychophysiological responses to anticipation of unreal or imagined danger, ostensibly resulting from unrecognised intrapsychic conflict. Physiological concomitants include increased heart rate, altered respiration rate, sweating, trembling, weakness and fatigue, psychological concomit [..]
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Anxiety due to fantasied injuries to or loss of the genitals. (12 Dec 1998)
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Anxiety experienced by an individual upon separation from a person or object of particular significance to him. (12 Dec 1998)
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Anxiety is a normal psychological and physiological reaction to stress that serves as a coping mechanism. But when anxiety becomes excessive, overwhelming and irrational, or when it interferes with ev [..]
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A debilitating condition of fear, which interferes with normal life functions.
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A feeling of apprehension, fear, nervousness, or dread accompanied by restlessness or tension.
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Strong feelings of fear, dread, worry or unease.
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