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self-conceited |
self-conceitedly |
self-concern |
self-condemnation |
self-confessed |
self-confidence
| self-confident
| self-congratulatory
| self-conjugate
| self-conscious
| self-consciously
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun self-confidence has 1 sense
- self-confidence(n = noun.cognition) assurance, authority, confidence, self-assurance, sureness - freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority" is a kind of certainty
Derived form adjective self-confident1
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."
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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
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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.
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