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diffidence::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | self-distrust, self-doubt |
| Type of | timidity, timidness, timorousness |
| Has types | hesitance, hesitancy, unassertiveness |
| Derivation | diffident |
Examples of diffidence
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Hubris may be less of a danger than its opposite, a kind of economic diffidence.
From the economist.com
If there was any trait the old London Times carried to excess, it was diffidence.
From the time.com
Out with The Situation Room, Wolf's late-afternoon motley of chatty diffidence.
From the theatlantic.com
One comes to admire Clark's poised diffidence, his lack of eagerness to please.
From the guardian.co.uk
Yet it didn't take long for a steeliness to show through this apparent diffidence.
From the telegraph.co.uk
But the Americans view the rest of the Singapore agenda with some diffidence.
From the economist.com
Their diffidence manifested itself most damningly in the running between the wickets.
From the dailymail.co.uk
Perhaps it was diffidence that led him to his silence and not churlishness.
From the independent.co.uk
Diffidence is not a characteristic often associated with concert pianists.
From the washingtonpost.com
- Lack of self-confidence
- (diffident) showing modest reserve; "she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture"
- (diffident) lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man"
- In humans, shyness (also called diffidence) is a social psychology term used to describe the feeling of apprehension, lack of comfort, or awkwardness experienced when a person is in proximity to, approaching, or being approached by other people, especially in new situations or with unfamiliar ...
- The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement
- (diffident) : Lacking confidence in others; distrustful; Lacking confidence in one's self; distrustful of one's own powers; not self-reliant; timid; modest; bashful; characterized by modest reserve
- (diffident) (adj.) shy, quiet, modest (While eating dinner with the adults, the diffident youth did not speak for fear of seeming presumptuous.)
- (diffident) hesitant in acting or speaking; reserved, unassertive
