performance anxiety
performance anxiety noun: anxiety or fear about performing in front of an audience; stage fright.
Noun
performance anxiety (usually uncountable, plural performance anxieties)
- Anxiety or fear about performing in front of an audience; stage fright.
- A similar anxiety about the impressiveness of one's sexual performance.
- 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.1999 May 21, Mary Roach, “Bashful Bladders”, in salon.com
performance anxiety meaning in Tamil
performance anxiety in Tamil
- நிகழ்த்துநிலைப் பதற்றம்
Forms of performance anxiety
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Questions about performance anxiety
- What does performance anxiety mean?
- Performance anxiety means anxiety or fear about performing in front of an audience; stage fright.
- What is performance anxiety in Tamil?
- Performance anxiety in Tamil is நிகழ்த்துநிலைப் பதற்றம். See Performance anxiety meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is performance anxiety?
- Performance anxiety is a noun.
- What is the plural of performance anxiety?
- The plural of performance anxiety is performance anxieties.
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