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Definition of Self-distrust
1. Noun. Lack of self-confidence.
Exact synonyms: Diffidence, Self-doubt
Generic synonyms: Timidity, Timidness, Timorousness
Specialized synonyms: Hesitance, Hesitancy, Unassertiveness
Antonyms: Confidence
Derivative terms: Diffident, Diffident
Generic synonyms: Timidity, Timidness, Timorousness
Specialized synonyms: Hesitance, Hesitancy, Unassertiveness
Antonyms: Confidence
Derivative terms: Diffident, Diffident
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-distrust
Literary usage of Self-distrust
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"self-distrust. To the end of his life he was consumed with a desire to perform
great things, and to the end of his life he was painfully sensible that he ..."
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