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Recent Examples of self-doubt
Judgement calls you to rise above any lingering self-doubt and step fully into your higher calling now.
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Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
Unlike another contemporary sports comedy, Ted Lasso, which begins from a place of optimism, Chad Powers begins from a place of self-doubt.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
And this ingredient is the secret to the success of many freelancers, start-up founders, entrepreneurs, and leaders who often felt like giving up and were faced with self-doubt on top of the rejections of others, yet still pushed on.
—Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Employees will most likely seek new opportunities to eliminate self-doubt and stress.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2025
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Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
Unlike another contemporary sports comedy, Ted Lasso, which begins from a place of optimism, Chad Powers begins from a place of self-doubt.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
And this ingredient is the secret to the success of many freelancers, start-up founders, entrepreneurs, and leaders who often felt like giving up and were faced with self-doubt on top of the rejections of others, yet still pushed on.
—Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Employees will most likely seek new opportunities to eliminate self-doubt and stress.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-doubt
Noun
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Harrison hopes to shine a light on the insecurities women carry from their teenage years into adulthood, and how being around people from their past can bring back old wounds and insecurities.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Alex is present as well, but beneath his gregarious personality is deep insecurity and pressure centering on his position at his law firm, his increasingly ballooning debt and a debilitating pain-pill addiction.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Scott was completing a yearlong master’s program in mathematics, and Noone, a doctoral candidate five years his senior, was charmed by the contrast between his good looks and his diffidence.—
Eren Orbey,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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And has done so with the kind of diffidence that can only come from a lifetime in the sports backwaters.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Self-doubt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-doubt. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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