freneticism

noun

as in anxiety

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freneticism
  1. anxiety
  2. perturbation
  3. trepidation
  4. unease
  5. restlessness
  6. anxiousness
  7. agitation
  8. uneasiness
Noun
  • The headlines often focus on uber-selective colleges and universities, the lengths students and parents will go to access them, and the parts of the process of applying that evoke the most anxiety.
    — Brennan Barnard, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • One of the most dreadful packing pain points is the anxiety of whether everything will actually fit in your suitcase, which, thankfully, my Away Bigger Carry-on has eliminated.
    — Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of anxiety
Noun
  • With two satellites at supplementary inclinations, the Newtonian perturbations are equal and opposite in the two orbital planes and cancel each other out.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
  • First is that quantum transitions must be weak to bring about perturbations in experiments.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
Definition of perturbation
Noun
  • There, friends and family members sang together in Spanish and English, embracing each other in greeting, checking in about their children or their health and sharing their mix of hope and trepidation with one another.
    — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
  • Photographer Arsène Mpiana and I left Kinshasa, the Congolese capital, and traveled to Bunia, in Ituri province, with some trepidation.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 July 2026
Definition of trepidation
Noun
  • Shares of Google parent Alphabet were around 4% lower in premarket trading, but that primarily reflected investor unease over rising AI spending outlined in the company's earnings report on Wednesday.
    — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 23 July 2026
  • There’s understandably a lot of unease and a lot of complaint.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
Definition of unease
Noun
  • Mars in Gemini, on the other hand, moves through life with speed, curiosity and mental restlessness.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
  • Standing on opposite sides of the protests, the pair fall for each other despite the divide, recognizing in one another a restlessness neither can quite name.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 July 2026
Definition of restlessness
Noun
  • High-cost financing decisions are almost always made in a state of anxiousness or panic.
    — Nathan Mor, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • There are signs to look for in potential abusive relationships, like isolation from friends and family, controlling behaviors and anxiousness.
    — Bryant Reed, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Definition of anxiousness
Noun
  • The Soviet Union embraced Lenin’s concept of agitation—the use of emotional slogans and half-truths to influence the masses.
    — Marc Fisher, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
  • This elusive phenomenon, responsible for so much confusion and agitation, was a hallmark of the intellectual movement known as French theory, or more frequently, theory.
    — Emily Eakin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
Definition of agitation
Noun
  • Still, Buffett had decided to pull his funding ahead of this decision, which could signal his uneasiness about the Gates Foundation’s relationship with Epstein.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 22 July 2026
  • Still, Allen wouldn't totally commit, citing an uneasiness with having to be overly critical if it's not warranted.
    — Alex Sherman, CNBC, 9 July 2026
Definition of uneasiness
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“Freneticism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freneticism. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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