free-floating anxiety

free-floating anxiety
an all-pervasive unfocused fear that is not produced by any appropriate cause or attached to any particular idea. Such anxiety is a feature of the generalized anxiety disorder.

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severe, generalized anxiety having no apparent connection to any specific object, situation, or idea.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • free-floating anxiety — an all pervasive unfocused fear that is not produced by any appropriate cause or attached to any particular idea. Such anxiety is a feature of the generalized anxiety disorder …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • free-floating — free′ float′ing adj. 1) psi lacking an apparent cause, focus, or object; generalized: free floating anxiety[/ex] 2) uncommitted; independent: free floating voters[/ex] 3) capable of relatively free movement • Etymology: 1920–25 …   From formal English to slang

  • free-floating — free float·ing frē flōt iŋ adj felt as an emotion without apparent cause <free floating anxiety> …   Medical dictionary

  • free-floating — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective 1. a. : relatively unattached or attached by a device that allows relatively free movement : moving or capable of moving in almost any direction a free floating tone arm on a phonograph b. : relatively uncommitted (as to… …   Useful english dictionary

  • free-floating — adjective Date: 1921 1. a. floating freely < free floating vegetation > b. lacking specific attachment, direction, or purpose < free floating ideas > 2. felt as an emotion without apparent cause < free floating anxiety > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • free-floating — adjective not connected to or influenced by anything: free floating anxiety …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • free-floating — adj. Free floating is used with these nouns: ↑anxiety …   Collocations dictionary

  • Тревога Беспредметная (Free-Floating Anxiety) — всеобъемлющий, не имеющий какой либо определенной причины страх. Обычно является проявлением расстройства генерализованной тревоги. Источник: Медицинский словарь …   Медицинские термины

  • free-floating — adjective 1》 not attached to anything and able to move or act freely. 2》 Psychiatry (of anxiety) chronic and generalized, without an obvious cause. Derivatives free float verb free floater noun …   English new terms dictionary

  • anxiety — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ acute, considerable, deep, great ▪ chronic, constant, nagging ▪ free floating (esp. AmE) …   Collocations dictionary

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