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Recent Examples of self-doubt
At times paralyzed by self-doubt and criticism, Donatella believed in the life-changing magic of a great cocktail dress (or a good hair day) to elevate or protect yourself.
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Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
Silence the self-doubt and prepare to be recognized!
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
These performances, which include plenty of great one-liners and physical gags but also unearth subtler shades of frustration and self-doubt, are some of my favorites of hers.
—Judy Berman, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
Panic, self-doubt, and embarrassment set in.
—Meg Walters, Glamour, 29 Jan. 2026
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Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
Silence the self-doubt and prepare to be recognized!
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
These performances, which include plenty of great one-liners and physical gags but also unearth subtler shades of frustration and self-doubt, are some of my favorites of hers.
—Judy Berman, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
Panic, self-doubt, and embarrassment set in.
—Meg Walters, Glamour, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-doubt
Noun
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There’s a lot of insecurities that are brought up for her.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2026
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While national Democrats are obsessed with finding leaders—ideally new ones—conversant in the language of affordability and economic insecurity, their garrulous guy in Ohio has been around forever, talking about just these things.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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And that eye could see past Dorothy’s drab uniform and Cindy Brady pigtails, her tall girl’s diffidence and her sweet girl’s shyness, to the bombshell smoldering underneath.—
Lili Anolik,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
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There are no speakers in the songs of MJ Lenderman other than MJ Lenderman, whose diffidence and exhaustion are in all-too-perfect lockstep with the psychic frustrations of his listeners.—
Armin Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Self-doubt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-doubt. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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