SELF-DISTRUST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does self-distrust mean? 

• SELF-DISTRUST (noun)
  The noun SELF-DISTRUST has 1 sense:

1. lack of self-confidence

  Familiarity information: SELF-DISTRUST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SELF-DISTRUST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lack of self-confidence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

diffidence; self-distrust; self-doubt

Hypernyms ("self-distrust" is a kind of...):

timidity; timidness; timorousness (fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "self-distrust"):

hesitance; hesitancy (a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something)

unassertiveness (diffidence about self promotion)

 Context examples 

That time, however, did gradually come, forwarded by an affection on his side as warm as her own, and much less encumbered by refinement or self-distrust.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)