INSECURITY


Meaning of INSECURITY in English

|in+ noun

Etymology: perhaps from Medieval Latin insecuritas danger, hazard, from Latin in- in- (I) + securus secure + -itas -ity

: the quality or state of being insecure: as

a. : lack of assurance : apprehensiveness

a feeling of insecurity

b. : lack of safety : hazard , risk

the insecurity of his capital

c. : an insecure condition or circumstance

the minor insecurities of life

noticed the insecurity of the lock

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