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SELF-DOUBT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does self-doubt mean? 

SELF-DOUBT (noun)
  The noun SELF-DOUBT has 1 sense:

1. lack of self-confidenceplay

  Familiarity information: SELF-DOUBT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SELF-DOUBT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Lack of self-confidence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

diffidence; self-distrust; self-doubt

Hypernyms ("self-doubt" is a kind of...):

timidity; timidness; timorousness (fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "self-doubt"):

hesitance; hesitancy (a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something)

unassertiveness (diffidence about self promotion)


 Context examples 


My habitual mood of humiliation, self-doubt, forlorn depression, fell damp on the embers of my decaying ire.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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