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n. - Excessive anxiety.

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  • The only fear is test in our overanxiety we give them a degree of independence for which they are unfit, thereby inviting reaction and disaster.
  • The overanxiety on the father's part irritated the boy.
  • "Perhaps it is the inevitable result of my overanxiety to understand."
  • The only fear is lest in our overanxiety we give them a degree of independence for which they are unfit, thereby inviting reaction and disaster.
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