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INSECURITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The anxiety you experience when you feel vulnerable and insecure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("insecurity" is a kind of...):
anxiety (a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune)
Derivation:
insecure (lacking self-confidence or assurance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of being subject to danger or injury
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("insecurity" is a kind of...):
danger (the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "insecurity"):
insecureness (the state of being exposed to risk or anxiety)
Antonym:
security (the state of being free from danger or injury)
Derivation:
insecure (lacking in security or safety)
insecure (not safe from attack)
