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OVERCONFIDENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overconfidence mean?
• OVERCONFIDENCE (noun)
The noun OVERCONFIDENCE has 1 sense:
1. total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
Familiarity information: OVERCONFIDENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
certitude; cocksureness; overconfidence
Hypernyms ("overconfidence" is a kind of...):
certainty (the state of being certain)
Derivation:
overconfident (marked by excessive confidence)
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