noun · countable / uncountable · rare

diffidence

dif·fi·dence

diffidence · diffidences

застенчивость, робость, неуверенность

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The state of being diffident, timid or shyThe state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement.

/ˈdɪfɪdəns/

Meaning

2 senses

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

Translations

3 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

the state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

the state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement:

mistrust:

Origin

From Latin diffīdentiam (“distrust”), from diffīdere (“to mistrust”), from dis- and fīdere

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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