Definitions for insecurity
in·se·cu·ri·ty

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. insecuritynoun

   the state of being subject to danger or injury

2. insecuritynoun

   the anxiety you experience when you feel vulnerable and insecure

Wiktionary(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. insecuritynoun

   A lack of security, uncertainty

2. insecuritynoun

   The state of being subject to danger; vulnerability

3. Etymology: insecure (from Medieval Latin insecurus, itself from in- "not" + securus 'safe, certain') + -ity

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Insecuritynoun

   Etymology: in and security.

   1. Uncertainty; want of reasonable confidence.

   It may be easily perceived with what insecurity of truth we ascribe effects, depending upon the natural period of time, unto arbitrary calculations, and such as vary at pleasure. Brown.

   2. Want of safety; danger; hazard.

   The unreasonableness and presumption, the danger and desperate insecurity of those that have not so much as a thought, all their lives long, to advance so far as attrition and contrition, sorrow, and resolution of amendment. Henry Hammond.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Insecuritynoun

   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. Insecuritynoun

   the state of feeling insecure; uncertainty; want of confidence

3. Etymology: [Pref. in- not + security : cf. LL. insecuritas, F. insecurite.]

Matched Categories

1. • Anxiety
   • Danger

How to pronounce insecurity?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say insecurity in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of insecurity in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of insecurity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of insecurity in a Sentence

1. unknown:

   Knowing your power is what creates humility. Not knowing your power is what creates insecurity.

2. President Moon Jae-in:

   Citizens suffered from the coronavirus and they all deserve to be rewarded for their pain and participation in preventive efforts, there is a need for the government to reserve as much financial power to brace for an economic shock with no end in sight and promptly respond to labour market insecurity and any potential corporate liquidity crisis.

3. Richard Kozul-Wright:

   Inequality, indebtedness, insecurity, (and) insufficient investment have been long-standing problems in the Palestinian occupied territories.

4. Will Smith:

   I dont look at it like a transgression at all, through that particular journey, I learned so much about myself and was able to really confront a lot of emotional immaturity [and] emotional insecurity.

5. Joanna Gaines:

   I don’t think confidence has ever really been one of those things that came naturally for me, if people thought I was confident, it was really just the way I masked my insecurity, because I didn’t want people to really get to know the real me.

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