CASTRATION ANXIETY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does castration anxiety mean? 

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

1. (psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in principle apply to women

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CASTRATION ANXIETY (noun)

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Meaning:

(psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in principle apply to women

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

anxiety; anxiousness ((psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic)

Domain category:

analysis; depth psychology; psychoanalysis (a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud)