Synonyms for insecurity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-si-kyoor-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn sɪˈkyʊər ɪ ti


Définition of insecurity

Origin :
  • 1640s, from Medieval Latin insecuritas, from insecurus (see insecure). Specific psychological sense is by 1917.
  • noun anxiety
  • noun danger
Example sentences :
  • All the same, the episode left her with a feeling of insecurity.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • She hastened to point out the other side of the matter, the insecurity of it, the disgrace.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Now I understand that strange sense of insecurity in my past.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad
  • This ignorance of the foe's whereabouts carried with it a sense of insecurity.
  • Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
  • This ignorance of his adversary's whereabouts carried with it a sense of insecurity.
  • Extract from : « The Point Of Honor » by Joseph Conrad
  • It was a dreamlike state combined with a dreamlike sense of insecurity.
  • Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
  • From Germany, he says, the stoves and the insecurity deter him.
  • Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
  • The disadvantages are the appearance and, in some cases, the insecurity.
  • Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes
  • The stranger's insecurity of English had its immediate triumph.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1919 » by Various
  • Mrs. Chadwick spoke with a swiftness that did not veil a sense of insecurity.
  • Extract from : « Adrienne Toner » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

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