insecurity
lack of confidence or assurance; self-doubt: He is plagued by insecurity.
the quality or state of being insecure; instability: the insecurity of her financial position.
something insecure: the many insecurities of life.
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How to use insecurity in a sentence
Sheen plays Bill Masters as a doctor with a God complex, if God had been a sex researcher masking tons of insecurities.
Michael Sheen’s Masterful Study of Sex and Insecurity | Caryn James | September 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJezebel has shown some sympathy to this and other male insecurities in the past.
Full Frontal Disney: Feminism's Nudity Double Standard | Emily Shire | August 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTInsecurities abounded, and Kennan, it seems, pretty much always had his knickers in a twist about something.
The Man Who Knew Russia Best: George Kennan’s Revealing Diaries | James A. Warren | March 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSome girls are stronger than others, and can take criticism easily, while for others this type of feedback breeds insecurities.
In the piece, Dunham opens up to writer Nathan Heller about her own insecurities, her writing process, and her style evolution.
You deserve your insecurities, and may embrace, even as ye please, the fates which lie before you.
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