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self-doubt definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: lack of self-confidence [syn: diffidence, self-doubt, self-distrust] [ant: confidence]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. lack of confidence in oneself, one's abilities, etc.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Self-doubt is a lack of confidence in yourself and your abilities. ? confidence

Moby Thesaurus

Pyrrhonism, apprehension, diffidence, distrust, distrustfulness, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, half-belief, lack of self-confidence, lack of self-reliance, leeriness, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrust, mistrustfulness, question, scruple, scrupulousness, self-depreciation, self-detraction, self-distrust, self-effacement, shadow of doubt, skepticalness, skepticism, suspicion, suspiciousness, total skepticism, uncertainty, wariness, weak ego