separation anxiety disorder

noun

A psychological condition in which a person experiences excessive anxiety regarding separation from home or from people to whom the person has a strong emotional attachment.

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Meanings

nounseparation anxiety disorder (countable and uncountable, plural separation anxiety disorders)

plural separation anxiety disorders

  1. countableuncountableA psychological condition in which a person experiences excessive anxiety regarding separation from home or from people to whom the person has a strong emotional attachment.

    Synonyms: separation anxiety

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA psychological condition in which a person experiences excessive anxiety regarding separation from home or from people to whom the person has a strong emotional attachment.

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separation anxiety
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separation anxiety

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 分離焦慮症 /分离焦虑症, 分离焦虑症
  • 分離焦慮症 /分离焦虑症condition
  • 分离焦虑症 (fēnlí jiāolǜ zhèng)condition
  • 離別焦慮障礙 /离别焦虑障碍condition
  • 離別焦慮障礙 /离别焦虑障碍 (líbié jiāolǜ zhàng'ài)condition
Dutch verlatingsangst, separatieangst
  • verlatingsangstcondition
  • separatieangstcondition
Finnish eroahdistushäiriö
  • eroahdistushäiriöcondition
German Trennungsangst
  • Trennungsangstcondition
Spanish trastorno de ansiedad por separación
  • trastorno de ansiedad por separacióncondition
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