anxietyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• anxietie

語源

Borrowed from Latin ānxietās, from ānxius (“anxious, solicitous, distressed, troubled”), from angō (“to distress, trouble”), akin to Ancient Greek ἄγχω (ánkhō, “to choke”). Equivalent to anxious +‎ -ety. See anger; angst.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/
• (Standard Southern British) IPA: /aŋˈzɑjətɪj/
• (Australia) IPA: /æːŋˈzɑe.əti/, [æːŋˈzɑe.əɾi] ~ [ɛːŋ-] ~ [eːŋ-]
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ɛŋˈzɑe.əti/, [ɛŋˈzɑe.əɾi]
• (米国発音) IPA: /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, /eɪŋˈzaɪ.əti/
  • (New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore) IPA: /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, [æŋˈzaɪ.əɾi]
  • (Southern 米国発音) IPA: /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, [æŋˈzaɪ.əɾi] ~ [æə̯ŋ-] ~ [ɛə̯ŋ-]
  • (Inland Northern American) IPA: /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, [ɛŋˈzaɪ.əɾi]
  • (North-Central 米国発音) IPA: /eɪŋˈzaɪ.əti/, [eɪ̯ŋˈzaɪ.əɾi] ~ [eːŋ-]
  • (Western 米国発音, Midland 米国発音, Western Pennsylvania, New England) IPA: /eɪŋˈzaɪ.əti/, /ˈæŋ-/; [eɪŋˈzaɪ.əɾi] ~ [ɛːŋ-] ~ [æŋ-]
• 韻: -aɪəti
• ハイフネーション: an‧xi‧e‧ty

名詞

anxiety (countable and uncountable, plural anxieties)

1. An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.

   generalized anxiety disorder

   feel anxiety

   cause anxiety

   She felt a wave of anxiety before the interview.

   He suffers from social anxiety.

   • 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 4, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:

     The inquest on keeper Davidson was duly held, and at the commencement seemed likely to cause Tony Palliser less anxiety than he had expected.

   • 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 268a:

     But the other, because he's been immersed in arguments, gives the appearance of harbouring considerable anxiety and suspicion that he's ignorant of those matters he presents himself to others as an expert on.

2. An uneasy or distressing desire (for something). Endeavor (to please).
3. (pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.
4. (informal) Any anxiety disorder, especially generalized anxiety disorder.
   • 2022 May 25, Mara Wilson, “‘Anxiety is part of me’: Mara Wilson and other anxious minds on how they cope”, in The Guardian‎:

     My anxiety is a part of me, one that I’ve had to learn to deal with.

同意語

• care, solicitude, foreboding, uneasiness, perplexity, disquietude, disquiet, trouble, apprehension, restlessness, distress

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Further reading

• “anxiety”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “anxiety”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.