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overconfidences

overconfidences is the plural of overconfidence.

Meaning of overconfidence

Noun

overconfidence (usually uncountable, plural overconfidences)

  1. (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.1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, page 89

Questions about overconfidences

What is overconfidences the plural of?
Overconfidences is the plural of overconfidence.

Words near overconfidences in the dictionary

  1. overcondition
  2. overconditioned
  3. overcone
  4. overcones
  5. overconfidence
  6. overconfidences
  7. overconfident
  8. overconfidently
  9. overconfiding
  10. overconfluence
  11. overconfluency

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