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Re: [ceqli] Re: snal - insecure?

In a message dated 9/12/2007 9:04:01 AM Central Daylight Time, rmay@hidden.email writes:


Does insecure pretty much mean 'vulnerable'?


It's a perception that one is vulnerable, perhaps, with possibly no relation at all with one's true vulnerability.

Webster's Third New International Dictionary has:

lacking security
a : not confident or sure : UNCERTAIN
b : not effectually guarded, protected, or sustained: exposed to danger : UNSAFE
c : not tightly fastened : not firmly; fixed in position : SHAKY
d : not highly stable or well-adjusted : lacking likelihood of permanence or success : UNSTABLE, UNSURE

I would use only the first meaning (a) for "insecure", with the other three falling under "unsecure", but the relevant equivalent is 'lacking confidence', thus "un-self-confident".

Can one be insecure about something not part of himself?  In other words, is the "self" part of my paraphrase necessary for the meaning?

stevo



stevo