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What is the noun for anxiety?

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anxiety
  1. An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
  2. An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).
  3. (pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “I cannot help but feel a degree of anxiety about my upcoming public speaking engagement.”
      “Deteriorating conditions were creating considerable anxiety among the public.”
      “Their driving force was clearly their anxiety to cling to power.”
angst
anxiousness
  1. The state of being anxious.
  2. A feeling of anxiety.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “She was young enough to feel the excitement of the journey and old enough to sense the worry and anxiousness of her parents.”
      “Withdrawn children also exhibit signs of emotional distress such as anxiousness, and display less positive expressions.”
      “James lounged outside the cafeteria, waiting for his potential accomplice with a strange mixture of dread and anxiousness.”
anxietude
  1. The state or condition of being troubled, worried, or anxious; anxiety.
anguish
anxiolysis
  1. (medicine) The reduction of anxiety by means of sedation or hypnosis
anxiogenesis
  1. (medicine) The development or generation of anxiety.
anxiolytic
angstiness
  1. (informal) The quality of being angsty; angst.
anguishing
  1. A feeling or expression of anguish.
anguishment
anguishments
  1. plural of anguishment
anxiousnesses
anxiolytics
  1. plural of anxiolytic
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Smokers with a high level of anxiety symptoms could possibly benefit from anxiolytics as a smoking cessation intervention.”
      “The medicines investigated include antidepressants, stimulants, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines and other anxiolytics.”
      “Antiepileptics, antipsychotics, and anxiolytics are drugs that may be used as sedatives.”
anguishings
  1. plural of anguishing
anxieties
  1. plural of anxiety
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The theme evokes the acute anxieties, those of the kids portrayed and those of the responsible adults, that attend coming of age.”
      “In contrast to these girthy ladies, other Blackwood women are wraiths and ambulating phantoms, eaten up by anxieties and rage.”
      “The book addresses subjects from exam-eve tensions to jitters before making a business presentation and everyday anxieties.”
anguishes
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