All 3 Uses of
apprehension
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- According to his observations the patient's illness was due partly to his unfortunate material surroundings during the last few months, but it had partly also a moral origin, "was, so to speak, the product of several material and moral influences, anxieties, apprehensions, troubles, certain ideas... and so on."†
Chpt 3.1 *
- Don't suppose that I am in any apprehension about it.†
Chpt 4.1
- He went out, leaving Sonia in a state of wondering anxiety and vague apprehension.†
Chpt 6.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(apprehension as in: apprehension about finals) worry about what is to come
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(2)
(apprehension as in: apprehension of the criminal) the capture of a criminal
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(3)
(apprehension as in: apprehension of the situation) to understand
or:
in psychology and philosophy: immediate awareness prior to analysis and judgment