OVERCONFIDENCE Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

overconfidence

noun

Definition of overconfidence next

as in arrogance

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Recent Examples of overconfidence The polls, on average, have barely wiggled, but in the final stretch, Democrats seem to be wired for anxiety much as Republicans lean toward overconfidence. —

David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024 The psychological challenges that come with trading—like fear, greed and overconfidence—can be as significant as the technical ones. —

Tatiana Keller, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024 Republicans, however, suffer from an inverse affliction, a form of congenital overconfidence that comes straight from the leader who has reinvented the G.O.P. in his braggadocious image. —

Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024 This overconfidence can result in riskier decisions, as people may not properly account for uncertainties in future scenarios. —

Bryce Hoffman, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for overconfidence

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overconfidence

Noun

Dastmalchian gets to play it all — disbelief, arrogance, grieving, terrified — sometimes in the same moment.

Jenelle Riley, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
These things are a big investment of time and to have not one, but two of them that might otherwise have had a reasonable expectation of success — probably arrogance on my part — but still, many times an author who gets published once can get published a second time.

Choire Sicha, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024