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overconfidence

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Etymology

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Fromover- +‎confidence.

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Noun

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overconfidence (usuallyuncountable,pluraloverconfidences)

  1. Anexcessive orunwarranted degree ofconfidence.
    • 1890 February,A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration”, inThe Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett [],→OCLC,page89:
      My case is, as I have told you, almost complete; but we must not err on the side ofover-confidence.
    • 2011 February 5, Chris Whyatt, “Wolverhampton 2 - 1 Man Utd”, inBBC[1]:
      Yet United may have paid the price foroverconfidence as they completely lost their concentration after 10 minutes to let Wolves back in.

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