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angst
[ ahngkst, angst ]
noun
- a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
angst
/ æŋst; aŋst /
noun
- an acute but nonspecific sense of anxiety or remorse
- (in Existentialist philosophy) the dread caused by man's awareness that his future is not determined but must be freely chosen
angst
- 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 .)
Other Word Forms
- Բy adjective angstier angstiest
Word History and Origins
Origin of angst1
Word History and Origins
Origin of angst1
Example Sentences
In addition to global angst, the levies have spawned: References to Trump as a “domestic tariffist.”
“My cousins back in Vietnam have better jobs now. I don’t have the angst of my parents’ generation.
“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.
Those familiar with the events of the video game know to expect some romance, angst, death and a whole lot of revenge.
That calculation could well prove right, given voters’ angst over immigration and support for deportations if the deportees are guilty of crimes beyond entering the country illegally.
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