About The Word Insecurity
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Insecurity
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What's The Definition Of Insecurity?
[n] the anxiety you experience when you feel vulnerable and insecure
[n] the state of being subject to danger or injury Synonyms | Synonyms for Insecurity: Related Terms | Find terms related to Insecurity: chanciness | criticalness | danger | delicacy | desultoriness | doubtfulness | dubiousness | hazard | hazardousness | infirmity | insolidity | instability | insubstantiality | peril | perilousness | precariousness | risk | riskiness | shakiness | shiftiness | shiftingness | slipperiness | speculativeness | sword of Damocles | ticklish business | ticklishness | totteriness | touchiness | treacherousness | treachery | unauthenticity | unauthoritativeness | uncertainty | undependability | unfaithworthiness | unhealthiness | unpredictability | unreliability | unsafeness | unsolidity | unsoundness | unsteadfastness | unsteadiness | unsubstantiality | unsureness | untrustworthiness See Also | anxiety | danger | insecureness Insecurity In Webster's Dictionary \In`se*cu"ri*ty\, n.; pl. {Insecurities}. [Pref. in-
not + security : cf. LL. insecuritas, F. insecurite.]
1. The condition or quality of being insecure; want of
safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building
liable to fire; insecurity of a debt.
2. The state of feeling insecure; uncertainty; want of
confidence.
With what insecurity of truth we ascribe effects . .
. unto arbitrary calculations. --Sir T.
Browne.
A time of insecurity, when interests of all sorts
become objects of speculation. --Burke.
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