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Definition of Anxiousness
1. Noun. (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.
Category relationships: Psychiatry, Psychological Medicine, Psychopathology
Generic synonyms: Mental Condition, Mental State, Psychological Condition, Psychological State
Specialized synonyms: Castration Anxiety, Hypochondria, Hypochondriasis, Overanxiety, Panic, Scare
2. Noun. A feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments.
Definition of Anxiousness
1. n. The quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety.
Definition of Anxiousness
1. Noun. The state of being anxious. ¹
2. Noun. A feeling of anxiety. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anxiousness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Anxiousness
Literary usage of Anxiousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Analytical Therapeutics: Volume I by Constantine Hering (1875)
"Precordial anxiousness with pressing in forehead, heat, red face, and violent
thirst till evening: Platin.; as if the top of head would burst, with heat and ..."
2. Natures of Mankind Psychology by Jerold Reed, Linda Reed, Linda Reed (2006)
"It is a combination of thoughts that can reflect anxiousness, worry about; care
for, and concern about. It is a "mental process." Anxiety is not something ..."
3. Special Therapeutics According to Homoeopathic Principles by Franz Hartmann (1857)
"Apprehensive anxiousness of heart, and deadly anxiousness. Dread of seeing others
taken ill ... Great anxiousness, with dread of evil or great indifference. ..."
4. The Chronic Diseases, Their Specific Nature and Their Homeopathic Treatment by Samuel Hahnemann, Charles J Hempel (1846)
"anxiousness as if coming from the epigastrium. anxiousness, with many sighs, ...
anxiousness, with great apprehension of the future, greatest at 6 o'clock ..."
5. The Yoga-system of Patañjali: The Book of the Spiritual Man : an Interpretation by Patañjali, Vyāsa, Vācaspatimiśra (1914)
"Every one has the experience of anxiousness ; it is permeated by aversion and is
dependent ... For this reason it is called the painfulness of anxiousness. ..."