self-confidence
realistic confidence in one's own judgment, ability, power, etc.
excessive or inflated confidence in one's own judgment, ability, etc.
Origin of self-confidence
1- Also self-as·sur·ance [self-uh-shoor-uhns, self-] /ˈsɛlf əˈʃʊər əns, ˌsɛlf-/ .
Other words for self-confidence
Other words from self-confidence
- self-con·fi·dent, adjective
- self-con·fi·dent·ly, adverb
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How to use self-confidence in a sentence
Strong and self-confident middle classes are usually considered to be the most important prerequisite for democracy to work well.
Why Democracy Will Struggle In The Arab World In 2014 | Balint Szlanko | January 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTelling everyone how beautiful and perfect you are actually makes you seem less self-confident, not more.
The Rise of Selfie Pop: Why Songs About Self-Esteem Are All the Rage | Andrew Romano | December 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut now we have a more, uh, self-confident right wing, and consequently we have a new and different calculus.
Expansive, amused, irresistibly self-confident, self-deprecating.
In the June debate in New Hampshire, Michele Bachmann made a splash with her energetic, zesty, self-confident performance.
Daphne was still erect, self-confident, militant; whereas Madeleine knew herself vanquished—vanquished both in body and soul.
Marriage la mode | Mrs. Humphry WardThe Secret Service man was very self-confident and very convincing.
Tom Slade with the Colors | Percy K. FitzhughWhat desperate purpose lurked behind his self-confident mask?
Through the Wall | Cleveland MoffettI have been,' said James Dutton to me at the last interview I had with him, 'all my life an overweening self-confident fool.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 440 | VariousThereupon, by way of showing what an adept I was in the art of baby tossing, I shot him upward with self-confident impetus.
The Opinions of a Philosopher | Robert Grant
British Dictionary definitions for self-confidence
confidence in one's own powers, judgment, etc
Derived forms of self-confidence
- self-confident, adjective
- self-confidently, adverb
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