diffidenza

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diffidenza f sing (pl.: diffidenze)

  1. disposizione d'animo sospettoso, che tende a dubitare, a non dare fiducia
dif | fi | dèn | za

IPA: /diffiˈdɛntsa/

Derivato del verbo diffidare, la cui etimologia risale al occitano desfizar, al francese défier e allo spagnolo desfiar, a loro volta probabilmente evolutisi dal nominativo fidare del latino fides, a cui è stata anteposta la particella dis