Insecurity

[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.

With what insecurity of truth we ascribe effects . . . unto arbitrary calculations.

A time of insecurity, when interests of all sorts become objects of speculation.

noun

The quality or condition of being erratic and undependable: insecureness, instability, precariousness, shakiness, unstableness, unsteadiness, unsureness. See change/persist, strong/weak.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the state of being subject to danger or injury
  Antonym: security (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: the anxiety you experience when you feel vulnerable and insecure

Quotes:

"Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release." - Germaine Greer

"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

"Men are afraid to rock the boat in which they hope to drift safely through life's currents, when, actually, the boat is stuck on a sandbar. They would be better off to rock the boat and try to shake it loose, or, better still, jump in the water and swim for the shore." - Thomas Szasz

"In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us." - David Mamet

"I'm insecure about everything, because... I'm never going to look in the mirror and see this blond, blue-eyed girl. That is my idea of what I'd like to look like." - Cher

"The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble." - Henry Miller

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Insecurity can mean:

• Lack of security in an objective sense - see Risk, and particularly: Data security and Computer security.
• Emotional insecurity in psychology

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