English-Thai Dictionary

insecurity

N ความ ไม่ปลอดภัย  ความ ไม่มั่นคง  ความ ไม่ มั่นใจ  สิ่ง ที่ ไม่แน่ นอน  anxiety uncertainty kwam-mai-prod-pai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INSECURITY

n.[in and security. ] Want of safety, or want of confidence in safety. Seamen in a tempest must be conscious of their insecurity. 1. Uncertainty. With what insecurity of truth we ascribe effects or unseen causes.
2. Want of safety; danger; hazard; exposure to destruction or loss; applied to things; as the insecurity of a building exposed to fire; the insecurity of a debt.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INSECURITY

In `se *cu "ri *ty, n.; pl. Insecurities. Etym: [Pref. in- not + security : cf. LL. insecuritas, F. insecurite.]

 

1. 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.

 

2. The state of feeling insecure; uncertainty; want of confidence. With what insecurity of truth we ascribe effects... unto arbitrary calculations. Sir T. Browne. A time of insecurity, when interests of all sorts become objects of speculation. Burke.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

insecurity

in se cu ri ty |ˌinsiˈkyo͝oriti ɪnsɪˈkjʊrəti | ▶noun ( pl. insecurities ) 1 uncertainty or anxiety about oneself; lack of confidence: she had a deep sense of insecurity | he's plagued with insecurities. 2 the state of being open to danger or threat; lack of protection: growing job insecurity | the insecurity of wireless networks.

 

Oxford Dictionary

insecurity

in |se ¦cur |ity |ˌɪnsɪˈkjɔːrɪti, ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊərɪti | ▶noun ( pl. insecurities ) [ mass noun ] 1 uncertainty or anxiety about oneself; lack of confidence: she had a deep sense of insecurity | [ count noun ] : he's plagued with insecurities. 2 the state of being open to danger or threat; lack of protection: growing job insecurity | the insecurity of wireless networks.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

insecurity

insecurity noun 1 he hid his insecurity: lack of confidence, self-doubt, diffidence, unassertiveness, timidity, uncertainty, nervousness, inhibition; anxiety, worry, unease. 2 the insecurity of our situation: vulnerability, defenselessness, peril, danger; instability, fragility, frailty, shakiness, unreliability.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

insecurity

insecurity noun 1 he tried to conceal his insecurity: lack of confidence, lack of self-confidence, self-doubt, diffidence, unassertiveness, humility, humbleness, meekness, timidity, timidness, timorousness, uncertainty, nervousness, hesitancy, inhibition, self-consciousness; anxiety, apprehension, worry, unease, uneasiness. 2 we were conscious of the insecurity of our situation: vulnerability, defencelessness, unguardedness, lack of protection, perilousness, peril, danger, riskiness; instability, fragility, frailty, shakiness, rockiness, unsteadiness, unreliability, tenuousness; informal chanciness, iffiness; Brit. informal dodginess.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

insecurity

in se cu ri ty /ɪ̀nsɪkjʊ́ ə rəti /名詞 複 -ties C U 1 (自分に対する )不安感, 自信のなさ .2 不安定さ, 保護 [保障 ]のないこと, 危なっかしさ .