"insecurity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-insecurity.wav [US] Forms: insecurities [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin īnsēcūritās. By surface analysis, insecure + -ity. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|īnsēcūritās}} Medieval Latin īnsēcūritās, {{surf|en|insecure|-ity}} By surface analysis, insecure + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} insecurity (countable and uncountable, plural insecurities)
  1. A lack of security; uncertainty.
    A lack of confidence in oneself.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: insecureness, insecureness, self-doubt
    Sense id: en-insecurity-en-noun-b5ug7wTe
  2. A lack of security; uncertainty.
    The state of being subject to danger (physical, economic, or otherwise).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: insecureness, exposure, insecureness, precariousness, precarity, vulnerability Related terms (danger): peace of mind [contrastive] Translations (vulnerability): уязвимост (ujazvimost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), onveiligheid [feminine] (Dutch), kwestbaarheid (Dutch), kwetsbaarheid (Dutch), turvattomuus (Finnish), ανασφάλεια (anasfáleia) [feminine] (Greek), periculosidade [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-insecurity-en-noun-oWSb1XX4 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 56 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 24 53 23 Disambiguation of 'danger': 4 93 4 Disambiguation of 'vulnerability': 4 94 2
  3. A lack of security; uncertainty. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: insecureness
    Sense id: en-insecurity-en-noun-5gyYNAbq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: insecure, insecurely Translations (lack of security, uncertainty): անվստահելիություն (anvstaheliutʿyun) (Armenian), несигурност (nesigurnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), usikkerhed (Danish), onzekerheid (Dutch), epävarmuus (Finnish), Unsicherheit (German), ανασφάλεια (anasfáleia) [feminine] (Greek), bizonytalanság (Hungarian), neamhdhiongbháilteacht [feminine] (Irish), コンプレックス (konpurekkusu) (Japanese), niepewność [feminine] (Polish), insegurança [feminine] (Portuguese), небезопасность (nebezopasnostʹ) (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'lack of security, uncertainty': 33 33 33

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