castration anxiety

Noun
  1. (psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions;
    Originally applied only to men but can in principle apply to women (synset 114398169)
    referred to in: analysis, depth psychology, psychoanalysis - a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud
    is a type of: 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

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