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/ˌɪnsɪkjˈʊrɪti/ Listen

noun

Insecurity n. (pl. insecurities)

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.

The state of feeling insecure; uncertainty; lack of confidence. "With what insecurity of truth we ascribe effects... unto arbitrary calculations." "A time of insecurity, when interests of all sorts become objects of speculation."

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Etymology of 'Insecurity'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Insecurity" Quotes from Famous Books

... Harrison, and maintained a fire which riddled his premises. These men attempted to fortify themselves by erecting stone fences on the peak of a hill at the Macquarie: there they were surprised and taken. The insecurity of the prisons, and the mode of disposing of respited offenders, made it not unlikely that an officious witness would be called to a future account: thus an old man, who prosecuted a burglar, was visited by the culprit when he returned from Macquarie Harbour; ...

— The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2) • John West

... crouched and peered over the crest, was what she might have expected—yet one can never become quite used to such pictures as that! Below was the first-line trench, deserted since the third division had been sent forward, and its emptiness gave her a feeling of insecurity. She would have preferred a visual line of stalwart fellows between her and the maddened enemy, instead of one that had gone into the smoke. She looked back to see if another division were coming up, but the intervening world seemed ...

— Where the Souls of Men are Calling • Credo Harris

... disbelieve his authorship as much as I do myself. I say this not as imputing any blame to the true author, such hoaxes being fair election jokes in all time, but merely to put the saddle off the wrong horse, and to give one more instance of the insecurity of imputed authorship. Had Mr. Sheepshanks ever told me that he had perpetrated the hoax, I should have had no hesitation in giving it to him. I consider all clever election squibs, free from bitterness and personal ...

— A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) • Augustus De Morgan

... be met with a flat denial of facts, loyal-heartedly and confidently given; then would come a suspicion that there might be something in it, the inquiry which would show that this was really the case; then a certain right indignation, "Why was I not told the truth?" and a sense of insecurity vaguely disturbing the foundations which ought to be on immovable bed-rock. At the best, such an experience produces what builders call a "settlement," not dangerous to the fabric but unsightly in its consequences; it may, ...

— The Education of Catholic Girls • Janet Erskine Stuart

... the man who never tolerated an enemy in his presence. Burleson and Travis were talking under the shade of a China tree, and there were little groups of American soldiers on every street; this was what he saw, and yet a terrible sense of insecurity oppressed him. ...

— Remember the Alamo • Amelia E. Barr

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