insecurity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the state of being subject to danger or injury
  2. noun the anxiety you experience when you feel vulnerable and insecure

WordNet

In`se*cu"ri*ty noun
Etymology
Pref.in- not + security : cf. LL. insecuritas, F. insecurite.
Wordforms
plural Insecurities
Definitions
  1. The condition or quality of being insecure; want of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt.
  2. The state of feeling insecure; uncertainty; want of confidence.
    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.

Webster 1913