Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A psychological or emotional difficulty or inhibition.
- noun An obstacle to smooth progress or development.
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- noun an
emotional difficulty or apsychological inhibition ; acomplex - noun an
unforeseen obstacle toprogress ; ahitch
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an emotional preoccupation
- noun an unforeseen obstacle
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Examples
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The beginning cultures never had a sexual hang-up, and there certainly was never a phobia about touch.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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If they issued a visa connected to a diplomatic passport, it doesn't matter if there was some internal administrative Pakistani hang-up.
Pakistan Strife Erupts Over CIA Case Tom Wright 2011
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That hang-up is all tied in to the Jealousy Monster, one of my great concerns in this field …
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It especially bugs me that Austrians seem to have a hang-up about insisting that economics is a science when they go farther than most in asserting how unlike the natural (I would say "real") sciences like physics.
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My biggest hang-up: You can't browse things by artist or song—only by lists.
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Fortunately, though, everything turned out all right because Margret, me and one careful and considered exchange of views revealed it was, '... just (my) hang-up.'
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I was really excited when Honey and Rafael started doing Miracles Club because I felt like dance music has such a hang-up about purity anyways – always having to look back at the lineage.
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While juggling roles as mother/musician has its inherent obstacles "I'm committed to both," she says, Brown's major hang-up in the age of instant access and immediate feedback might involve self-promotion and what she calls the "phony" aspects of social media.
Michael Bialas: Why Pieta Brown Digs the Music of Dylan, Dire Straits and her Dad Michael Bialas 2011
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Fortunately, though, everything turned out all right because Margret, me and one careful and considered exchange of views revealed it was, '... just (my) hang-up.'
Archive 2009-02-15 Tyler 2009
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One legal hang-up could get resolved soon if state and federal officials are able to reach a multibillion-dollar agreement with five of the nation's largest banks over past foreclosure practices.
At BofA, Moynihan Grapples With Past Dan Fitzpatrick 2012
mialuthien commented on the word hang-up
hang-up – a psychological or emotional difficulty or inhibition; an obstacle to smooth progress or development
July 14, 2008