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• a variation of self-confidence.

self-assurance

American  

[self-uh-shoor-uhns, self-] / ˈsɛlf əˈʃʊər əns, ˌsɛlf- /

noun

1. self-confidence.

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self-assurance British  

noun

1. confidence in the validity, value, etc, of one's own ideas, opinions, etc

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Etymology

Origin of self-assurance

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

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self-assurance

"They're getting that confidence, that self-assurance, they're getting that wholeness from themselves, and that's ultimately what's the most empowering."

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026

Hegseth flippantly employed villainous colloquialism – “they are toast and they know it,” “we play for keeps,” and “President Trump got the last laugh” – delivered with a combative tone that communicated masculine self-assurance.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026

Among the café-table clichés that experts and geopoliticians string together with astonishing self-assurance, one is particularly striking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

That said, you have self-assurance and agency and, at 55, it’s good to flex those muscles.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 27, 2025

And the idea of remaining in a poor agrarian setting, in any capacity, was anathema to a child with such prodigious talents and cocky self-assurance.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson