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self-confidence
CIDE DICTIONARY
self-confidence, n.
The quality or state of being self-confident; self-reliance. [1913 Webster]
"A feeling of self-confidence which supported and sustained him." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
self-confidence, n. = SELF-ASSURANCE.
Derivative
self-confident adj. self-confidently adv.
THESAURUS
self-confidence
aplomb, arrogance, assurance, assuredness, balance, belief, boastfulness, certitude, cockiness, cocksureness, conceit, confidence, confidentness, conviction, courage, equability, equanimity, equilibrium, face, faith, haughtiness, hubris, independence, level head, levelheadedness, overconfidence, oversureness, overweening, overweeningness, pardonable pride, poise, pomposity, positiveness, possession, presence of mind, pride, pridefulness, proudness, purse-pride, restraint, sanguineness, security, self-assurance, self-command, self-consequence, self-control, self-esteem, self-importance, self-possession, self-reliance, self-respect, self-restraint, self-sufficiency, settled belief, stiff-necked pride, stiff-neckedness, subjective certainty, sureness, surety, trust, vanity, well-regulated mindROGET THESAURUS
self-confidence
Vanity
N vanity, conceit, conceitedness, self-conceit, self- complacency, self-confidence, self-sufficiency, self-esteem, self-love, self-approbation, self-praise, self-glorification, self-laudation, self-gratulation, self-applause, self-admiration, amour propre, selfishness, airs, affected manner, pretensions, mannerism, egotism, priggism, priggishness, coxcombry, gaudery, vainglory, elation, pride, ostentation, assurance, vox et praeterea nihil, cheval de bataille, coxcomb, Sir Oracle, vain, vain as a peacock, proud as a peacock, conceited, overweening, pert, forward, vainglorious, high-flown, ostentatious, puffed up, inflated, flushed, self-satisfied, self-confident, self-sufficient, self-flattering, self-admiring, self-applauding, self-glorious, self-opinionated, entente, wise in one's own conceit, pragmatical, overwise, pretentious, priggish, egotistic, egotistical, soi-disant, arrogant, unabashed, unblushing, unconstrained, unceremonious, free and easy, vainly, how we apples swim!, prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk.Also see definition of "self-confidence" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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