shyness

Utangaçlık; sosyal ortamlarda rahatsızlık hissi

The quality of being nervous or uncomfortable around other people; lack of confidence in social situations.

• Her shyness made it difficult to make new friends at school.
• He eventually overcame his shyness and became a confident public speaker.
• The child's shyness around strangers is completely normal.
• Developmental psychologists distinguish between temperamental shyness in early childhood and social anxiety disorders that emerge during adolescence.
• Cross-cultural research indicates that shyness is perceived more negatively in individualistic societies than in collectivist cultures valuing modesty.
• Educational interventions targeting childhood shyness focus on gradual exposure techniques and building peer interaction skills in supportive environments.

Eş anlamlılar: timidity, bashfulness, reticence, diffidence, introversion

Zıt anlamlılar: confidence, boldness, outgoingness, extroversion, assurance