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— diffidence

/ˈdɪfədəns/ noun [noncount]
diffident
BNC: 23362 COCA: 30642

diffidence

noun

dif·​fi·​dence ˈdi-fə-dən(t)s How to pronounce diffidence (audio)
-fə-ˌden(t)s
: the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web One lesson of the book is that people reared in places saturated with complicated racial meanings ought to treat their convictions about race with diffidence and perhaps with suspicion. Paul C. Taylor, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022 After some initial diffidence, Biden seems to have helped lead the West into a response to Russia's aggression that neither validates assaults on a weaker neighbor's sovereignty nor unleashes World War III. W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 2 Mar. 2022 By the time the final act rolls around, Lamb approaches the idea that there’s a price that must be paid with a shrugging diffidence rather than impending doom. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2021 By the time the final act rolls around, ‘Lamb’ approaches the idea that there’s a price that must be paid with a shrugging diffidence rather than impending doom. Mark Olsen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2021 The asymmetry between the strategic single focus of the Christian right and the secular majority’s diffidence in confronting claims to religious privilege explains a good deal: political victory goes to those who try harder. Linda Greenhouse, The New York Review of Books, 1 July 2021 And the former President's quasi-endorsement of Abrams reveals the diffidence among party leaders about how to proceed. Michael Warren, CNN, 28 Sep. 2021 The asymmetry between the strategic single focus of the Christian right and the secular majority’s diffidence in confronting claims to religious privilege explains a good deal: political victory goes to those who try harder. Linda Greenhouse, The New York Review of Books, 1 July 2021 The asymmetry between the strategic single focus of the Christian right and the secular majority’s diffidence in confronting claims to religious privilege explains a good deal: political victory goes to those who try harder. Linda Greenhouse, The New York Review of Books, 1 July 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English dyffidence, borrowed from Latin diffīdentia, from diffīdent-, diffīdens "distrustful, diffident" + -ia -ia entry 1

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of diffidence was in the 15th century
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