ANXIETY REACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anxiety reaction mean? 

• ANXIETY REACTION (noun)
  The noun ANXIETY REACTION has 1 sense:

1. an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months

  Familiarity information: ANXIETY REACTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANXIETY REACTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

anxiety reaction; GAD; generalized anxiety disorder

Hypernyms ("anxiety reaction" is a kind of...):

anxiety disorder (a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom)