Usually means: Uncertainty about one's own abilities.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word self-doubt:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. self-doubt: Merriam-Webster
  2. self-doubt: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. self-doubt: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. self-doubt, self-doubt: Collins English Dictionary
  5. self-doubt: Vocabulary.com
  6. Self-doubt, self-doubt: Wordnik
  7. self-doubt: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. self-doubt: Wiktionary
  9. self-doubt: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. self-doubt: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. self-doubt: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. self-doubt: Dictionary.com
  13. Self-doubt: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. self-doubt: Rhymezone
  15. self-doubt: FreeDictionary.org
  16. self-doubt: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. self-doubt: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. self-doubt: Legal dictionary

(Note: See self-doubting as well.)

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▸ noun:  The doubting of one's own abilities.

Similar:
self-distrust, diffidence, doubtingness, insecurity, self-dissatisfaction, doubting, self-possession, self-confidence, self-contempt, self-discrimination, more...

Opposite:
self-confidence, self-assurance, self-belief



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Similar:
self-distrust, diffidence, doubtingness, insecurity, self-dissatisfaction, doubting, self-possession, self-confidence, self-contempt, self-discrimination, more...

Opposite:
self-confidence, self-assurance, self-belief



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