diffidence

Significado (Inglés)

  1. (countable, uncountable) The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement.
  2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Mistrust, distrust, lack of confidence in someone or something.

Conceptos

falta de confianza en sí mism

falta de confianza en sí mismo

Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈdɪfɪdəns/
Etimología (Inglés)

From Latin diffīdentiam (“distrust”), from diffīdere (“to mistrust”), from dis- and fīdere (“to trust”). Attested since ∼1400. The original sense was antonymous with confidence, and the modern sense of ‘distrusting oneself’ dates from the 1650s.

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