Insecurity
[in-si-kyoo r-i-tee] /ˌɪn sɪˈkyʊər ɪ ti/
noun, plural insecurities.
1.
lack of confidence or assurance; self-doubt:
He is plagued by insecurity.
2.
the quality or state of being ; instability:
the insecurity of her financial position.
3.
something :
the many insecurities of life.
n.
1640s, from Medieval Latin insecuritas, from insecurus (see insecure). Specific psychological sense is by 1917.
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