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Self-conceitself-conceited
self-conceitedly
Self-conceitedness
self-concept
self-conception
self-concern
self-concerned
self-condemnation
self-confessed
self-confessedly
self-confession
Self-confident
self-confidently
Self-confiding
self-confrontation
self-congratulation
self-congratulatory
Self-conjugate
Self-conjugate triangle
self-conquest
Self-conscious
self-consciously
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SELF-CON'FIDENCE, n. [self and confidence.] Confidence in one's own judgement or ability; reliance on one's own opinion or powers, without other aid.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
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1: 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" [syn: assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness]
Merriam Webster's
noun Date: 1609 confidence in oneself and in one's powers and abilities • self-confident adjective • self-confidently adverb
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. = SELF-ASSURANCE. Derivatives: self-confident adj. self-confidently adv.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Self-confidence Self`-con"fi*dence, n. The quality or state of being self-confident; self-reliance. A feeling of self-confidence which supported and sustained him. --Beaconsfield.
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
If you have self-confidence, you behave confidently because you feel sure of your abilities or value. With the end of my love affair, I lost all the self-confidence I once had...
Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms
n. Self-reliance.
Moby Thesaurus
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 mind
