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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 warrantplay

  Familiarity information: OVERCONFIDENCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OVERCONFIDENCE (noun)


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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