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Definition of anxity

"anxity" is probably misspelled. Trying anxiety instead Definition of anxiety

1. anxiety [ n ] a relatively permanent state of anxiety occurring in a variety of mental disorders

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 .

Synonyms anxiety anxiousness Related Terms psychological_state panic hypochondria overanxiety castration_anxiety

2. anxiety [ n ] 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 .

Synonyms anxiety Related Terms emotion concern distress scruple Angst edginess jitteriness sinking anxiousness insecurity discomfiture

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