as in insecurity
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Recent Examples of self-doubt
These two are not quite so ready to cop to self-doubt.
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Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
Deep breathing helps activate the parasympathetic nervous system, calming your mind and body, which can create more clarity and emotional control in moments of self-doubt or stress.
—Luciana Paulise, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Murphy said that knowledge like this is a critical defense against self-doubt, but also against the potential for identity erasure.
—Anne Kniggendorf, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2025
Both films center a young teen underdog who overcomes self-doubt and bullying through martial arts.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 8 May 2025
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Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
Deep breathing helps activate the parasympathetic nervous system, calming your mind and body, which can create more clarity and emotional control in moments of self-doubt or stress.
—Luciana Paulise, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Murphy said that knowledge like this is a critical defense against self-doubt, but also against the potential for identity erasure.
—Anne Kniggendorf, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2025
Both films center a young teen underdog who overcomes self-doubt and bullying through martial arts.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-doubt
Noun
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Liu noted that even those who have paid off their loans may delay retirement savings or large purchases, extending financial insecurity into later life.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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His natal Chiron—planet of deep wounds and insecurities—is sitting right on top of your North Node in Gemini in the first house of the self.—
Roya Backlund,
StyleCaster,
16 May 2025
Noun
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Between the sticks - Bayern seem reluctant to retire Neuer but this diffidence is helping no one.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
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At its best, the uncomfortably intimate aesthetic of the films combined with the general diffidence at their heart attempted to epitomize a generational temperament and linguistic sensibility.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
14 Aug. 2024
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“Self-doubt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-doubt. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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