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performance arousal

performance arousal noun: a phenomenon experienced before or while one performs, manifested either positively, as excitement, or negatively, as anxiety.

Noun

performance arousal (uncountable)

  1. A phenomenon experienced before or while one performs, manifested either positively, as excitement, or negatively, as anxiety.

Questions about performance arousal

What does performance arousal mean?
Performance arousal means a phenomenon experienced before or while one performs, manifested either positively, as excitement, or negatively, as anxiety.
What part of speech is performance arousal?
Performance arousal is a noun.

Words near performance arousal in the dictionary

  1. performability
  2. performable
  3. performance
  4. performance anxieties
  5. performance anxiety
  6. performance arousal
  7. performance art
  8. performance artist
  9. performance artists
  10. performance arts
  11. performance bond

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