nonconfidence
Lack of trust
Nonconfidence is lack of confidence or trust, typically in a political context.
A vote of nonconfidence (or no-confidence) is a parliamentary procedure by which legislators formally withdraw support from a government or leader, often triggering resignation or new elections: The prime minister faced a motion of nonconfidence.
Disposition toward doubt
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
- incredulityInability to accept something
misgivings · reservation · qualms · dubiousness · hesitation · ambivalence · scrutiny · wariness
Sense of unease about motives
- warinessCautious distrust
- mistrustLack of faith
- paranoiaIrrational persecution fears
- guardednessDefensive emotional reserve
defensiveness · caution · misgiving · alienation · cynicism · disbelief · watchfulness · leery
Uncertainty about oneself
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
- timidityFearful lack of courage
apprehension · inferiority · self-consciousness · inadequacy · diffidence · unease · trepidation · hesitancy
Formal institutional disapproval
- motionChange in position
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
government · minister · leadership challenge · ousting · dismissal · recall · impeachment · removal
Failure to decide
- ambivalenceConflicting emotions coexisting
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- tentativenessState of being uncertain
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
irresolution · vacillation · equivocation · unpredictability · instability · ambiguity · indeterminacy · inconclusiveness
skepticism
Disposition toward doubt
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
incredulity · misgivings · reservation · qualms · dubiousness · hesitation · ambivalence · scrutiny · wariness · cynicism
suspicion
Sense of unease about motives
guardedness · defensiveness · caution · misgiving · alienation · cynicism · disbelief · watchfulness · leery · wary
self-doubt
Uncertainty about oneself
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
timidity · apprehension · inferiority · self-consciousness · inadequacy · diffidence · unease · trepidation · hesitancy · fearfulness
censure
Formal institutional disapproval
- motionChange in position
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
opposition · government · minister · leadership challenge · ousting · dismissal · recall · impeachment · removal · dissolution
indecision
Failure to decide
- ambivalenceConflicting emotions coexisting
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- tentativenessState of being uncertain
wavering · irresolution · vacillation · equivocation · unpredictability · instability · ambiguity · indeterminacy · inconclusiveness · unsettledness
nonconfidencevote of confidence
Formal expression of support
confidence · endorsement · support · affirmation · approval
nonconfidenceassuredness
Confident self-possession
certainty · self-assurance · conviction · sureness · positiveness
confidence, confident, confide, confidential, confidant, unconfident, self-confident, overconfidence, overconfident