self-doubt

[self-dout]
noun
lack of confidence in the reliability of one's own motives, personality, thought, etc.

Origin:
1840–50

self-doubt·ing, adjective
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self-doubt
 
n
the act or state of doubting oneself

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Self-doubt is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
Example sentences
Of course, many successful politicians are similarly bereft of self-doubt.
Sometimes, the vagaries of grading do result in self-doubt.
Inadequate bonding establishes patterns of insecurity and self-doubt.
Those hoping for apology or self-doubt face disappointment.
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