overconfidence

overconfidence
Synonyms and related words:
arrogance, assurance, assuredness, belief, brashness, brass, brazen boldness, certitude, cheek, chutzpah, cocksureness, confidence, confidentness, conviction, courage, faith, gall, heroics, hubris, improvidence, imprudence, impudence, indiscretion, injudiciousness, insolence, overboldness, overcarelessness, oversureness, overweening, overweeningness, poise, pomposity, positiveness, pride, rashness, security, self-assurance, self-confidence, self-importance, self-reliance, settled belief, subjective certainty, sureness, surety, temerariousness, temerity, trust, unchariness, unwariness

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  • Overconfidence — O ver*con fi*dence, n. Excessive confidence; too great reliance or trust. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • overconfidence — index temerity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • overconfidence — overconfident ► ADJECTIVE ▪ excessively confident. DERIVATIVES overconfidence noun …   English terms dictionary

  • Overconfidence effect — The overconfidence effect is a well established bias in which someone s subjective confidence in their judgments is reliably greater than their objective accuracy, especially when confidence is relatively high.[1] For example, in some quizzes,… …   Wikipedia

  • overconfidence — See overconfident. * * * …   Universalium

  • overconfidence — noun An excessive degree of confidence See Also: overconfident …   Wiktionary

  • overconfidence — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Arrogant self confidence; impudence: assumption, audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brashness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah, discourtesy, disrespect, effrontery, face, familiarity, forwardness, gall1,… …   English dictionary for students

  • overconfidence — n. exaggerated sense of self worth; arrogance …   English contemporary dictionary

  • overconfidence — over·confidence …   English syllables

  • overconfidence — o ver•con′fi•dence n …   From formal English to slang

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