stress
noun
importance attached to a thing.
stressfulness
-
a word derived from
stress.
Example Sentences
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It also makes evolutionary sense, since it calibrates a mouse’s stress response to the stressfulness of the environment—which is likely to be the same as that of its father.
From Economist ● Feb. 22, 2018
