underlying anxiety
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunderlyingandanxiety
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underlying
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌʌn.dəˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/us/ˌʌn.dɚˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/
real but not ...
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anxiety
noun
uk/æŋˈzaɪ.ə.ti/us/æŋˈzaɪ.ə.t̬i/
an uncomfortable feeling of nervousness or worry about something that is happening or might happen in ...
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(Definition ofunderlyingandanxietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It points also to anunderlyinganxietyand ambivalence regarding this presence, a grappling with identity, a desire to experiment with places and roles.
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This is the main andunderlyinganxietyand the reason why we may need to return to this again.
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It is not for me to comment on that matter, but there is anunderlyinganxiety.
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It is true that there continues to be anunderlyinganxiety.
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I do not think that it can have escaped notice that the speeches in this debate have revealed anunderlyinganxietyabout this problem.
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Throughout our debates, there has been anunderlyinganxiety, which has been repeated today, about the removal of some rights of appeal.
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I confess to a fairly graveunderlyinganxietyabout this.
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There was also anunderlyinganxietyabout increased charges, and then there was an extraordinary anxiety about unfair competition.
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I certainly do recognise and share theunderlyinganxietyto concern ourselves with the professionalism of teachers.
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In this country there is a difference—anunderlyinganxiety.
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It is thisunderlyinganxietywhich has filled us on this side.
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It betrays the deepunderlyinganxietythey feel about developments which have been taking place.
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Theunderlyinganxietyimplied by neuroticism is linked to emotional instability, which is typically important in predicting employees' intentions to quit.
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