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self-efficacy

self-efficacy noun: the extent or strength of one's belief in one's own ability to complete tasks and to reach goals.

Noun

self-efficacy (countable and uncountable, plural self-efficacies)

  1. The extent or strength of one's belief in one's own ability to complete tasks and to reach goals.

self-efficacy meaning in Tamil

self-efficacy in Tamil

தன்னாற்றல் உணர்வு, சுய செயல்திறன்

Forms of self-efficacy

pluralself-efficacies

Origin of self-efficacy

From self- + efficacy.

Questions about self-efficacy

What does self-efficacy mean?
Self-efficacy means the extent or strength of one's belief in one's own ability to complete tasks and to reach goals.
What is self-efficacy in Tamil?
Self-efficacy in Tamil is தன்னாற்றல் உணர்வு, சுய செயல்திறன். See Self-efficacy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is self-efficacy?
Self-efficacy is a noun.
What is the plural of self-efficacy?
The plural of self-efficacy is self-efficacies.

Words near self-efficacy in the dictionary

  1. self-effacements
  2. self-effacing
  3. self-effacingly
  4. self-effacingness
  5. self-efficacies
  6. self-efficacy
  7. self-elect
  8. self-elected
  9. self-electing
  10. self-elective
  11. self-elects

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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-efficacy (page history and authors); self-efficacy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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