The Collaborative International Dictionary
Insecurity \In`se*cu"ri*ty\, n.; pl. Insecurities. [Pref. in- not + security : cf. LL. insecuritas, F. insecurite.]
The condition or quality of being insecure; lack of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt.
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The state of feeling insecure; uncertainty; lack 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.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of insecurity English)
Usage examples of "insecurities".
Human doubts and insecurities gnawed at such restraints, chafing at reasonableness.
None of the xenocs we’ve encountered need to bandage their insecurities and fears with promises of incorporeal glory that are every soul’s due.
Typically he was a man of action, yet all he could do was hope that she missed him enough to get past her insecurities and hang-ups and give them a chance at a future.
To tell her that I loved her and that if she loved me it was time to put a way her insecurities and take that leap of faith.
Cassi didn’t know why, but the colonel exacerbated her professional insecurities, especially when he stared at her with those penetratingly blue eyes which she finally realized reminded her of Thomas’s.
I know it sounds awful and it certainly accentuates any insecurities Robert has about his own imminent surgery.