Definition of Self-doubt

1. Noun. Lack of self-confidence.

Exact synonyms: Diffidence, Self-distrust
Generic synonyms: Timidity, Timidness, Timorousness
Specialized synonyms: Hesitance, Hesitancy, Unassertiveness
Antonyms: Confidence
Derivative terms: Diffident, Diffident

Definition of Self-doubt

1. Noun. The doubting of one's own abilities. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-doubt

self-destructions
self-destructive
self-destructiveness
self-destructs
self-determination
self-determined
self-differentiation
self-directed
self-direction
self-discipline
self-disciplined
self-discovery
self-disgust
self-distance
self-distrust
self-doubt (current term)
self-doubts
self-drilling screw
self-drive
self-dual
self-educated
self-education
self-effacement
self-effacing
self-effacingly
self-effacingness
self-efficacy
self-employed
self-employed person
self-employment

Literary usage of Self-doubt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cognitive Learning Theory and Cane Travel Instruction: A New Paradigm by Richard Mettler (1998)
"122) Fear and self-doubt must be overcome before the student can develop the self-assurance necessary for self- regulation. The dynamic at play here is that ..."

2. Psychopathology by Edward John Kempf (1920)
"This self-doubt or lack of self-assurance is a Tear reaction. It quickly forms a vicious circle because in an emergency or test self-doubt decreases skill ..."

3. Old and New by Edward Everett Hale (1873)
"But in this justification, and such it is, lurks a self-? doubt; and in the self-doubt is folded a little seed of respect for authority. A. — True. ..."

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