anxiety neurosis

in psychoanalysis, a disturbance in which the most prominent symptoms are persistent anxiety and feelings of impending disaster, accompanied by such symptoms as difficulty in making decisions, insomnia, loss of appetite, and heart palpitations. This term is now seldom used: The current classification of chronic anxiety of this nature is generalized anxiety disorder. Also called anxiety state. See also anxiety disorder.

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November 23rd 2024

opinion leader

an individual to whom others turn for advice or on whom others model their behavior. To be effective, the opinion leader needs to have social ties with other members of the group.