Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun castration_anxiety

1 sense of castration anxiety

Sense 1
castration anxiety -- ((psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in principle apply to women)
       => anxiety, anxiousness -- ((psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic)