INSECURITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)