Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A lack of faith or confidence in oneself.
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- noun The
doubting of one's ownabilities .
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- noun lack of self-confidence
Etymologies
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Examples
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LaMont Toliver also sees a problem with what he calls "self-doubt."
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Most are a product of self-doubt, which is best combated through exercise, discipline, positive social interaction, and a healthy diet.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com J.D. Roth 2012
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Americans were feeling a lot of self-doubt, and it often flared in hostility toward Japan.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Americans were feeling a lot of self-doubt, and it often flared in hostility toward Japan.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Americans were feeling a lot of self-doubt, and it often flared in hostility toward Japan.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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When you experience self-doubt, rather than making meaning out it, just ask yourself, "I wonder where this experience lives in my story?"
Alan Watt: Ten Ways to Unleash the Writer Within Alan Watt 2011
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When you experience self-doubt, rather than making meaning out it, just ask yourself, "I wonder where this experience lives in my story?"
Alan Watt: Ten Ways to Unleash the Writer Within Alan Watt 2011
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He finally "gets it" for once, though his brilliant insight is marred by an unbecoming self-doubt.
Poverty and Social Pressure, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Really by being smart and rich and unencumbered by self-doubt, Johnny said quietly, taking a long swallow of a smelly something I could not identify.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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With the crippling self-doubt, the compulsive need to improve and keep reaching for something better, this evtire practice feels more like an addiction than something fun.
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