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inconfidence

noun

Etymology

From in- + confidence.

  1. derived from confidence
  2. derived from cōnfīdentia
  3. inherited from confidence
  4. prefixed as inconfidence — “in + confidence”

Definitions

  1. Lack of confidence

    Lack of confidence; mistrust.

    • When coming first among these Indians in October, 1879, we found, instead of tribal unity and co-operation, schisms, jealousies, inconfidence, dissatisfaction, and pleasure manifested in revolutionary rather than in progressive tendencies.

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