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angst

[ ahngkst, angst ]

noun

  1. a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.


angst

/ 忙艐st; a艐st /

noun

  1. an acute but nonspecific sense of anxiety or remorse
  2. (in Existentialist philosophy) the dread caused by man's awareness that his future is not determined but must be freely chosen
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

angst

  1. A kind of fear or anxiety ; Angst is German for 鈥渇ear.鈥 It is usually applied to a deep and essentially philosophical anxiety about the world in general or personal freedom. ( See existentialism .)
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 补苍驳蝉迟顎儁 adjective angstier angstiest
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of angst1

First recorded in 1840鈥50; from German Angst 鈥渇ear, anxiety,鈥 Old High German angust (cognate with Middle Low German angest, Middle Dutch anxt ), from ang- (akin to eng 鈥渘arrow, constricted鈥) + -st, abstract noun suffix
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of angst1

German
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The cry here is not one of vulnerability or angst but the unruly register of creative freedom, of calling your power back.

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In addition to global angst, the levies have spawned: References to Trump as a 鈥渄omestic tariffist.鈥

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鈥淢y cousins back in Vietnam have better jobs now. I don鈥檛 have the angst of my parents鈥 generation.

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鈥淭he Corrections鈥 remains the great American novel about family dynamics in the early 21st century; Franzen so perfectly captures all the angst and dysfunction and striving that鈥檚 passed from generation to generation.

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