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Noun: overconfidence  'ow-vu(r)'kón-fi-dun(t)s
  1. Total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
    "He spoke with unwarranted overconfidence about the outcome of the election";
    - certitude, cocksureness

Derived forms: overconfidences

Type of: certainty

Encyclopedia: Overconfidence