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self-assuredness

self-assuredness noun: the quality of being self-assured.

Noun

self-assuredness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being self-assured.
    • For what makes the child in question so appealing is that with words and gestures he is able to communicate to us this understanding of self as well as a (consequent) self-assuredness, a self-assuredness that has no resemblance to what we normally think of as cockiness.2006, Thomas J. Cottle, A Sense of Self: The Work of Affirmation, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press, page 37

Origin of self-assuredness

From self-assured + -ness.

Questions about self-assuredness

What does self-assuredness mean?
Self-assuredness means the quality of being self-assured.
What part of speech is self-assuredness?
Self-assuredness is a noun.

Words near self-assuredness in the dictionary

  1. self-assuming
  2. self-assumption
  3. self-assurance
  4. self-assured
  5. self-assuredly
  6. self-assuredness
  7. self-attention
  8. self-authenticating
  9. self-aware
  10. self-awareness
  11. self-balancing

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