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insecurity

insecurity

31 3.6
A lack of safety that makes people or places open to danger
  • noun
  • /ˌɪn.sɪˈkjʊr.ɪ.ti/
translation icon : inseguridad
  • The insecurity felt by the community was heightened after the recent crime wave.
  • food insecurity
  • job insecurity
  • economic insecurity

That's that's job insecurity, people coming for you.

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Examples

  • We're living in history with the insecurity of a very precarious democracy.

  • Hunger, unemployment, and personal insecurity require more than just facile or temporary solutions.

    Academic text (1993)

  • And this takes away some of that, you know, insecurity that people might have.

  • Well, having a big ego comes from insecurity, right?

  • Those who threaten, do so out of insecurity.

    Iron Fighter (2023)

  • Furthermore, financial insecurity can be related to an older individual's psychological state.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Additionally, these practices feed into an already established sense of insecurity and alienation from the government.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Poverty, unemployment, inequity, and growing insecurity exist in virtually every part of the globe.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Washington must address the deep, underlying sense of insecurity that helps shape Japan's motives.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The key determinants of childhood overweight and obesity are related to income, education, food insecurity, and ethnicity.

    Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

defenselessness
vsinsecurity
  • US
1 6.3

Not being able to protect yourself from harm or attack

means being at risk rather than completely unable to defend oneself
insecureness
vsinsecurity
6.8

Feeling unsure and worried about safety or the future

focuses more on actual vulnerability to danger or lack of protection
unprotectedness
vsinsecurity
8.1

Being without safety and open to harm or attack

emphasizes lack of safety broadly rather than emotional worry
nonsecurity
vsinsecurity
7.5

A lack of safety and protection in money or social situations

means general vulnerability to danger rather than only specific social risks
unguardedness
vsinsecurity
7.8

A lack of care that makes someone easy to take advantage of

describes a general state of vulnerability not only careless behaviour

Antonyms

safety
∞ 1.0

A place or condition that protects you from danger

security
408 2.4

The feeling of being safe from danger or threat

How Vulnerable

peril
112 5.7
insecurity
31 3.6
exposure
295 3.5
security
∞ 2.5

Surface Forms

insecurity singular
insecurities plural

Morphology

insecurity = insecure (transparent) = in + secure + ity

This is a standard noun formation from the adjective 'insecure' meaning the state or condition of being insecure.

Etymology

Insecurity comes from the parts in- meaning 'not' and secure meaning 'safe', so it literally means 'not safe' and is used for situations or places that lack protection or are in danger.