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self-confidence

noun self-confidences

  1. uncountable, usually The state or degree of being self-confident: believing in one's own abilities. Standing up for themselves is often difficult for girls from male-dominated cultures. Take Bahareh Husseini. She fled Iran and now lives in the German city of Düsseldorf. She wanted to study and be able determine her own path in life. In Germany, she found support at Diakonie, a Protestant social we

    Similar: self-assurance

Opposite: self-doubt

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Opposite: self-doubt

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noun state of being self-confident

Españolautoconfianza, desparpajo, desenvoltura
日本語自信 jishin
中文自信 zìxìn, 自信心 zìxìnxīn
हिन्दीआत्मविश्वास ātmaviśvās
Portuguêsautoconfiança
Françaisconfiance en soi
DeutschSelbstvertrauen
Italianofiducia in sé stesso
Ελληνικάαυτοπεποίθηση aftopepoíthisi
Românăsiguranță de sine
Русскийсамоуве́ренность samouvérennostʹ

noun measure of one's belief in one's own abilities

Españolautoconfianza
हिन्दीआत्मविश्वास ātmaviśvās
Portuguêsautoconfiança
Françaisconfiance en soi
DeutschSelbstvertrauen
Ελληνικάαυτοπεποίθηση aftopepoíthisi
Русскийсамоуве́ренность samouvérennostʹ, самонаде́янность samonadéjannostʹ
العربيةثِقَة بِالنَّفْس

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@misc{self_confidence_2026,
  title = {self-confidence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/self-confidence},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}