self-distrust
31timorousness — noun 1. fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions • Syn: ↑timidity, ↑timidness • Derivationally related forms: ↑timid, ↑timid (for: ↑timidness), ↑timid …
32Henry Clinton (1730–1795) — Infobox Military Person name=Sir Henry Clinton lived=April 16 1730 ndash; December 23 1795 placeofbirth=Newfoundland placeofdeath=London caption= nickname= allegiance=Great Britain branch=British Army serviceyears=1751 1793 rank=General commands …
33George III — 1738 1820, king of England 1760 1820 (grandson of George II). * * * orig. George William Frederick born June 4, 1738, London, Eng. died Jan. 29, 1820, Windsor Castle, near London King of Great Britain and Ireland (1760–1820); also elector… …
34shy — shy1 shyer, n. shyly, adv. shyness, n. /shuy/, adj., shyer or shier, shyest or shiest, v …
35Austin, John — born March 3, 1790, Creeting Mill, Suffolk, Eng. died Dec. 1859, Weybridge, Surrey British jurist. Although initially unsuccessful in his law practice (1818–25), his analytical mind and intellectual honesty impressed colleagues, and he was named… …
36bashfulness — n. Shyness, timidity, coyness, diffidence, self distrust, excessive modesty …
37backward — backward, retrograde, retrogressive, regressive all involve the idea of not moving or going ahead, or forward, or in advance. Only when applied to motion or a movement does backward imply the reverse of forward motion {a backward thrust of a… …
38international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
39japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
40Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
