overconfidence

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overconfidence

/oʊvɚˈkɑnfɪdənts/ Canada, US
/ovɚ-/ Canada, US
/-dɪnts/ Canada, US

noun overconfidences

uncountable, usually An excessive or unwarranted degree of confidence. My case is, as I have told you, almost complete; but we must not err on the side of over-confidence.

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@misc{overconfidence_2026,
  title = {overconfidence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/overconfidence},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}