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Skittishness

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Noun
  1. 1
    The property of being skittish. uncountable

    "While the California economy maintains its powerhouse status[…] the state’s most-powerful sectors[…]have struggled to keep their footing, pummeled by high interest rates, investor skittishness, labor strife and other turmoil."

  2. 2
    characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright wordnet

Etymology

From skittish + -ness.

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