apprehensiveness

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apprehensiveness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Apprehensiveness \Ap`pre*hen"sive*ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being apprehensive.
     [1913 Webster]

apprehensiveness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  apprehensiveness
      n 1: fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked
           around the examination room with apprehension" [syn:
           apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread]