What does angst mean?
Definitions for angst
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Princeton's WordNet
angstnoun
an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom
Wiktionary
angstnoun
A feeling of acute but vague anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression, especially philosophical anxiety.
angstnoun
More commonly, painful sadness or emotional turmoil, as teen angst.
angstverb
To suffer angst; to fret.
Wikipedia
Angst
Angst is fear or anxiety (anguish is its Latinate equivalent, and the words anxious and anxiety are of similar origin). The dictionary definition for angst is a feeling of anxiety, apprehension, or insecurity.
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angst
Angst is a feeling of deep anxiety, dread, or apprehension typically without a specific reason. This term is often associated with existential anxiety, involving feelings of confusion, despair, and lack of purpose or direction in life.
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Angst
Angst means fear or anxiety. The word angst was introduced into English from Danish angst via existentialist Søren Kierkegaard. It is used in English to describe an intense feeling of apprehension, anxiety, or inner turmoil. In other Germanic languages the word angst is not a loanword as it is in English, but has been in existence long, and is used regularly to express fear. In German, the technical terminology of psychology and philosophy distinguishes between Angst and Furcht in that Furcht is a negative anticipation regarding a concrete threat, while Angst is a non-directional and unmotivated emotion. In common language, however, Angst is the normal word for "fear", while Furcht is an elevated synonym. In other languages having the meaning of the Latin word pavor, the derived words differ in meaning, e.g. as in the French anxiété and peur. The word Angst has existed since the 8th century, from the Proto-Indo-European root *anghu-, "restraint" from which Old High German angust developed. It is pre-cognate with the Latin angustia, "tensity, tightness" and angor, "choking, clogging"; compare to the Greek "άγχος": stress.
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Angst is ranked #29231 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Angst surname appeared 810 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Angst.
95.4% or 773 total occurrences were White.
1.8% or 15 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.6% or 13 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.6% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of angst in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of angst in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of angst in a Sentence
I didn't want to not disclose I was pregnant, but at the same time, I was so early-pregnant that I didn't know if it was going to kind of stick, and I didn't want to obviously not get the job because I was pregnant. There was kind of a lot of angst with that, I guess.
The official party is showing a dark strategy of trying to sow angst and fear with the sole goal of frightening people over the possibility of change, but it's not going to work.
It’s been widely reported that baby boomers are worried about their retirement, but the financial planning and retirement concerns of Generation X have gotten less attention, while our study confirms that many boomers still lack confidence about their future, it reveals alarming realities about the significant angst and pessimism Gen X feels regarding the current and future state of their finances. They’re the next generation that’s quickly approaching retirement and their hands-off approach to planning and preparation is alarming.
At the moment perhaps the biggest risk is not raising rates which would be a no confidence vote in the U.S. economy, fuelling investor angst and reducing near-term appetite for equities.
If Amelia is to become the most faithful service agent, she also needs to be able to respond to man’s need to communicate with somebody who can understand emotions—not just a robotic ‘Press 1 for this’ and ‘Press 7 for that,’ amelia’s emotional quotient is modeled in a three-dimensional space: pleasure, arousal, dominance—the PAD modeling system. We are in trials with a telco company, and there is a certain demeanor that Amelia is required to have if your contract is coming up for renewal. Her emotional reaction to you is supposed to be very different based on where you are in the contract or your level of angst with the service.
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- القلقArabic
- angstDanish
- AngstGerman
- nerviosismo, anxiedad extrema, pánicoSpanish
- elämäntuska, angsti, ahdistusFinnish
- angoisse existentielleFrench
- kecemasanIndonesian
- paturnieItalian
- angstNorwegian
- angstDutch
- angest, angstNorwegian Nynorsk
- angstNorwegian
- angústia, afliçãoPortuguese
- angoasaRomanian
- тревога, грусть, беспокойство, тоскаRussian
- анксиозност, неспокојство, немирSerbo-Croatian
- ångestSwedish
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