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COCKINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cockiness mean?
• COCKINESS (noun)
The noun COCKINESS has 1 sense:
1. offensive boldness and assertiveness
Familiarity information: COCKINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Offensive boldness and assertiveness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
bumptiousness; cockiness; forwardness; pushiness
Hypernyms ("cockiness" is a kind of...):
assertiveness; self-assertiveness (aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions)
Derivation:
cocky (overly self-confident or self-assertive)
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