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Common collocations with insecurity in American Collocation

insecurity noun countable/uncountable

US /ˌɪnsəˈkjʊrəti/

types of insecurity

economic
emotional
financial
global
national
personal
political
social

Do you face financial insecurity?

deep

deep
deep-seated
fundamental
inherent

This desire to project one’s own values onto other people masks a deep-seated insecurity.

great

acute
extreme
great
huge

There was a feeling of great insecurity among tenants given their few legal rights.

felt by a lot of people or all the time

chronic
constant
endemic
general
pervasive
widespread

The violence and rape continues, and there is widespread insecurity.

feeling

feeling
sense
sign

Graffiti, litter and criminal damage heighten communities’ feelings of insecurity and fear of crime.

state

climate
state

The end result is a society threatened in its core values, a state of social insecurity.

cause

cause
source

The causes of insecurity must be tackled rather than simply responding after insecurities have broken forth.

sign

sign
symptom

Mr Hastings said that displaying the flag was a sign of insecurity.