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Existential unease (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

angst

(Other definitions for angst that I've seen before include "Painful feeling" , "Acute but unspecified feeling of worry" , "Extreme anxiety" , "Great anxiety" , "Feeling of anxiety or guilt" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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