In·se·cu·ri·ty
n. pl. Insecurities .
[Pref. in- not + security : cf. LL. insecuritas, F. insecurite.]
1. The condition or quality of being insecure; lack of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt.
2. The state of feeling insecure; uncertainty; lack of confidence.
Quotes:
"A man who has nothing which he cares about more than he does about his personal safety is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the existing of better men than himself." - John Stuart Mill
With what insecurity of truth we ascribe effects . . . unto arbitrary calculations.
Sir T. Browne.
A time of insecurity, when interests of all sorts become objects of speculation.
Burke.
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