Dunning-Kruger

Noun

Dunning-Kruger effect (plural Dunning-Kruger effects)

1. A cognitive bias where an individual with limited knowledge or competence in a specific domain tends to greatly overestimate their own ability relative to objective criteria or the performance of others.
   • Though it grants them the advantage of higher levels of optimism, the Dunning-Kruger effect also hamstrings low performers with an even greater disadvantage: being less aware of their failings, they remain less likely to see the need, and thus make the effort, to improve themselves.2012, Alex Lickerman, The Undefeated Mind, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   DKE, Dunning-Kruger, Dunning-Kruger bias