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Princeton's WordNet

  1. diffidence, self-doubt, self-distrustnoun

    lack of self-confidence

Wiktionary

  1. self-doubtnoun

    The doubting of one's own abilities.

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  1. self-doubt

    Self-doubt refers to the lack of confidence in oneself and one's abilities, leading to uncertainty and questioning of one's worth, skills, actions, or decisions. It is an internal state of being where a person feels uncertainty, apprehension, or lack of trust in themselves. This can result in hesitations or inhibitions in taking actions and making decisions.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of self-doubt in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of self-doubt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of self-doubt in a Sentence

  1. Boris Johnson:

    Brexit should be about opportunity and hope, that dream is dying, suffocated by needless self-doubt.

  2. Kahlil Gibran:

    Your confidence in the people, and your doubt about them, are closely related to your self-confidence and your self-doubt.

  3. Leonard Mlodinow:

    Nothing projects intelligence quite like confidence. When you believe in yourself, it shows, and research shows that believing in yourself improves your performance on cognitive tasks. Self-doubt, on the other hand, impairs your performance. What’s worse is that other people pick up on this doubt, which makes you appear less intelligent to them. If you want people to believe in you, you have to believe in yourself. If you’re really smart, you should n’t have to use big words to broadcast it. True intelligence speaks for itself, so you don’t have to show off your impressive vocabulary. In addition, you always run the chance of being wrong. Using a big word incorrectly makes you look, well, not so smart. So, if you want to appear more intelligent, stop studying the dictionary and just focus on communicating effectively. Related : 8 Great Tricks for Reading People's Body Language Communication expert Leonard Mlodinow makes the case that even if two people say exactly the same thing, the one who says it most expressively will be perceived as being smarter. If two speakers utter exactly the same words, but one speaks a little faster and louder and with fewer pauses and greater variation in volume, that speaker will be judged to be more energetic, knowledgeable, and intelligent.

  4. Unknown:

    Through the doors of perception Down the corridors of uncertainty Into the room of self doubt Opens the window of opportunity.

  5. Lukwesa Morin:

    My biggest fear used to be that I would run into a challenge that would block me from achieving success. Now my biggest fear is self-doubt. For it is in the mind that these battles are won and lost.


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