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Definition of Shyness
1. Noun. A feeling of fear of embarrassment.
Definition of Shyness
1. n. The quality or state of being shy.
Definition of Shyness
1. Noun. The quality of being shy; a fear of social interactions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shyness
1. the state of being shy [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Shyness
1. Discomfort and partial inhibition of the usual forms of behaviour when in the presence of others. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shyness
Literary usage of Shyness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cavendishby Christa Jungnickel, Russell McCormmach by Christa Jungnickel, Russell McCormmach (1996)
"The term most often used to describe Cavendish's personality by persons who knew
him was "shyness."4 His shyness was extreme, a disposition which—like its ..."
2. Cavendish by Christa Jungnickel, Russell McCormmach (1996)
"The term most often used to describe Cavendish's personality by persons who knew
him was "shyness."4 His shyness was extreme, a disposition which—like its ..."
3. The Nam Family: A Study in Cacogenics by Arthur Howard Estabrook, Charles Benedict Davenport (1912)
"shyness. An ability to meet people on equal terms and to mix with them is a ...
We may call it forwardness and the lack of the trait shyness or aloofness. ..."
4. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (1872)
"SHLF-ATTENTION — SHAME — shyness — MODESTY : BLUSHING. Nature of a blush —
Inheritance — The parts of the body most affected—Blushing in the various races ..."
5. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (1913)
"SELF-ATTENTION—SHAME—shyness—MODESTY: BLUSHING. ... the fundamental element—
shyness—Shame, from broken moral Jaws and conventional rules—Modesty—Theory of ..."
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