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Definitions
lack of self-confidence
Word origin
From Latin diffīdentiam (“distrust”), from diffīdere (“to mistrust”), from dis- and fīdere (“to trust”). Attested since ∼1400. The original sense was antonymous with confidence, and the modern sense of ‘distrusting oneself’ dates from the 1650s.
Used in a sentence
“Without scruple—without apology—without much apparent diffidence, Mr. Elton, the lover of Harriet, was professing himself her lover.”
“I have the same diffidence in my feelings that most public speakers have, and am apt to think that others can speak better and more edifying than I can.”
“"I was passing by," he began to stammer, trembling with his diffidence, "I—happened to be passing along this way, and so—er—as I was passing this way, I says to myself, says I, 'I'll just stop into the shop a minute.'”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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