performance anxiety

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performance anxiety

noun performance anxieties

  1. uncountable, usually Anxiety or fear about performing in front of an audience; stage fright.
  2. uncountable, usually A similar anxiety about the impressiveness of one's sexual performance.
  3. uncountable, usually A similar anxiety about one's ability to urinate in the presence of others; paruresis. If someone can hear you, they can hear that you're not doing anything. It's a sort of performance anxiety that builds and feeds on itself.

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noun anxiety about the impressiveness of one's sexual performance

中文性無能 /性无能 xìngwúnéng

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@misc{performance_anxiety_2026,
  title = {performance anxiety},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/performance%20anxiety},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}