Category:Insecurity

In`se*cu"ri*ty, n.; pl. Insecurities. Etym: [Pref.in- not + security
 * cf. LL. insecuritas, F. insecurite.]

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.