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self-doubt
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Self-doubt
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self-doubt
/
ˈsɛlfˈdaʊt
/
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self
-
dout
]
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noun
lack of confidence in the reliability of one's own motives, personality, thought, etc.
Origin:
1840–50
Related forms
self-doubt·ing,
adjective
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self-doubt
—
n
the act or state of doubting oneself
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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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
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Those hoping for apology or
self-doubt
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It is one of weakness,
self-doubt
and the ache of goals still unmet.
At other times, the question seemed more reflective, as though a habitual vandal had experienced a moment of
self-doubt
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She was racked with
self-doubt
about her future and had only begun to write the dissertation the year she went on the job market.
My early teenage years were cluttered with
self-doubt
and anguish.
Bridge players haven't always been racked by
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