🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

ansiogeno

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /an.si.oˈdʒɛ.no/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Anxiogenic/ˌæŋ.zi.əˈdʒɛn.ɪk/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Questo stimolo ambientale si è rivelato altamente ansiogeno per i partecipanti."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Causing or inducing anxiety; producing psychological or physiological stress responses.

    "Caffeine consumption in high doses can have anxiogenic effects on individuals prone to panic attacks."
As noun
  1. 1

    A substance, situation, or agent that induces anxiety.

    "Researchers identified the new synthetic compound as a potent anxiogenic."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in the late 20th century, the term combines 'anxio-', derived from the Latin 'anxius' (solicitous, uneasy, troubled) relating to anxiety, and the combining form '-genic', stemming from the Greek 'genos' (birth, descent, producing). It emerged within modern psychopharmacology and neuroscience literature to describe stimuli, substances, or conditions that generate or induce anxiety.

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