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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

Caffeinated coffee, meanwhile, was associated with reduced feelings of anxiety as well as improved vigilance and attention.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Isaac was so enthralled by the spirits that he didn’t seem to consider the source of Maggie and Kate’s noticeable anxiety.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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

He had been searching for a tangible way to help the environment and allay his anxieties about the planet’s future when he came across Crouch’s posts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

In that moment, the city, the noise, the rush, my daily fears and anxieties all melted away.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

But even more than that, I found in hip-hop the sound of my generation talking to itself, working through the fears and anxieties and inchoate dreams—of wealth or power or revolution or success—we all shared.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore




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