Definition of Insecurity

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Insecurity

The condition or quality of being insecure; want of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt.

The state of feeling insecure; uncertainty; want of confidence.

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Insecurity Quotations

It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature.
Albert Einstein

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.
Robert A. Heinlein

I love playing ego and insecurity combined.
Jim Carrey

The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.
Erich Fromm

The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.
Erich Fromm

It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
Dag Hammarskjold

It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
Dag Hammarskjold

I don't miss the economic insecurity, the living paycheck to paycheck.
Drew Carey

Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness.
Naomi Campbell

I'm always described as 'cocksure' or 'with a swagger,' and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. I feel plagued by insecurity.
Ben Affleck

Insecurity Translations

insecurity in German is Unsicherheit

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