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Recent Examples of self-doubt
When working in that vein, Barnett’s journeys through self-doubt are well-matched with the stomping, meat-and-potatoes indie-rock production that Burke Reid and Dan Luscombe brought to her first two albums.
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Ethan Beck, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2026
Forced into bravery alone in space, there’s no time or space for self-doubt, only action.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026
Forced into bravery alone in space, there’s no time or space for self-doubt, only action.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026
Barbara isn’t a caricature but a deeply human portrait of a woman whose worldview swings wildly between moral superiority and intense self-doubt, both extremes that foreclose human connection.
—Isle McElroy, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
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Ethan Beck, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2026
Forced into bravery alone in space, there’s no time or space for self-doubt, only action.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026
Forced into bravery alone in space, there’s no time or space for self-doubt, only action.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026
Barbara isn’t a caricature but a deeply human portrait of a woman whose worldview swings wildly between moral superiority and intense self-doubt, both extremes that foreclose human connection.
—Isle McElroy, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-doubt
Noun
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And unlike past eras of elevated job insecurity, like the COVID-19 pandemic, the AI revolution has no end in sight.—
Claire Zillman,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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These include unreported physical and mental impairments, housing insecurity, and a lack of high school diplomas and identification documents.—
Taylor Sisk,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Celik seems attuned to such questions as a valid (if not necessarily revelatory) core for a play to circle around, but Cramer’s writing often feels caught between an exploration of comic diffidence and simply an expression of it.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
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As Michael, a bathroom and kitchen fixture wholesaler, Dan Donohue’s performance is riveting in its expansion from awkward diffidence to unbridled savagery while revealing his inner core.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
2 Feb. 2026
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“Self-doubt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-doubt. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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