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Anxiety comes from Latin roots meaning what?

anxiety

[ang-zahy-i-tee] / æŋˈzaɪ ɪ ti /


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When someone calls her out of the blue, it can feel intrusive and give her a lot of anxiety.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

Such agreements have been common in recent years as automakers look to overcome charging anxiety, one of the major hurdles for consumers skeptical about buying an EV.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

But Tribhuvan is still worried, an anxiety, he says, which reaches even the small prayer gatherings held closer to home when a church is too far away.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Previous research has associated metabolites produced during protein fermentation with effects on the brain, including anxiety and reduced ability to concentrate.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

I felt the anxiety kicking around in my chest, and then I just… unloaded.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

Over the summer, those anxieties deepened after Netflix said it would publish viewership data less frequently.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

We’re awash in apocalyptic anxieties about rogue technology.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

But that will not eliminate public anxieties, on either issue.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

José Rivera’s “Marisol” came out around the same time as Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America,” and both plays, vibrating with millennial anxieties, carry the earthly battle for human survival up to the heavens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

The high-cheating holidays are fraught with miscellaneous anxieties and the high expectations of loved ones.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt




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