anxiogenic.

Tending to induce anxiety.

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• anxiogenic situation

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The confinement was anxiogenic for him.

The study examined an anxiogenic effect.

Usage notes

Primary category: fear. Forms: Normally non-gradable as a clinical classification; compare strength of effects where appropriate. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.