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angst

[ ahngkst, angst ]

noun

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


angst

/ æŋst; aŋst /

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
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angst

  1. A kind of fear or anxiety ; Angst is German for “fear.†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 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of angst1

First recorded in 1840–50; from German Angst “fear, anxiety,†Old High German angust (cognate with Middle Low German angest, Middle Dutch anxt ), from ang- (akin to eng “narrow, constrictedâ€) + -st, abstract noun suffix
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of angst1

German
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For all the angst about the Dodgers’ injured pitchers, well, that is all part of the plan.

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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 “domestic tariffist.â€

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“My cousins back in Vietnam have better jobs now. I don’t have the angst of my parents’ generation.

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“The Corrections†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’s passed from generation to generation.

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