a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.
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a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place)
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a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
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Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome wi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.Fear of one's self; fear of being egotistical.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.pl. The whole parapet, consisting of alternate solids and open spaces. At first purely a military feature, afterwards copied on a smal…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.That which is caught or taken; profit; gain; especially, the whole quantity caught or taken at one time; as, a good catch of fish.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.(biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other repro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.To deprive of concealment; to discover; to lay open to public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing that shuns publicity,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.A dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.That mode of treating diseases, by which a morbid condition is removed by inducing an opposite morbid condition to supplant it; allopa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.a morbid fear of water
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.Disposed to suspect rivalry in matters of interest and affection; apprehensive regarding the motives of possible rivals, or the fideli…
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