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Webster 1913 Edition

Self-confidence

Selfˊ-con′fi-dence

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Noun.

The quality or state of being self-confident; self-reliance.

A feeling of

self-confidence

which supported and sustained him.

Beaconsfield.

Webster 1828 Edition

Self-confidence

SELF-CON'FIDENCE

,

Noun.

[self and confidence.] Confidence in one's own judgement or ability; reliance on one's own opinion or powers, without other aid.

Definition 2024

self-confidence

self-confidence

English

Noun

self-confidence ‎(uncountable)

The state of being self-confident
A measure of one's belief in one's own abilities

Translations

state of being self-confident

Chinese:
Mandarin: 自信 (zh) ‎(zìxìn), 自信心 (zh) ‎(zìxìnxīn)
Czech: sebedůvěra f, sebevědomí n
Dutch: zelfvertrouwen (nl), zelfverzekerd (nl)
Finnish: itseluottamus (fi)
French: confiance en soi f
German: Selbstvertrauen (de) n
Greek: αυτοπεποίθηση (el) f ‎(aftopepoíthisi)
Hungarian: önbizalom (hu)
Irish: féinmhuinín f

Japanese: 自信 (ja) ‎(じしん, jishin)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: selvtillit (no) m, f

Nynorsk: sjølvtillit m, f
Portuguese: autoconfiança (pt) f
Romanian: siguranță de sine f
Russian: самоуве́ренность (ru) f ‎(samouvérennostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: samopouzdánje (sh) n, samopòuzdānōst (sh) f

measure of one's belief in one's own abilities

Arabic: ثقَة في النفس f ‎(thiqqa fin-nefs)
Dutch: zelfvertrouwen (nl), zelfverzekerdheid (nl)
Finnish: itseluottamus (fi)
French: confiance en soi f
German: Selbstvertrauen (de) n

Greek: αυτοπεποίθηση (el) f ‎(aftopepoíthisi)
Hungarian: önbizalom (hu)
Irish: féinmhuinín f
Portuguese: autoconfiança (pt) f
Russian: самоуве́ренность (ru) f ‎(samouvérennostʹ), самонаде́янность (ru) f ‎(samonadéjannostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: samopouzdánje (sh) n, samopòuzdānōst (sh) f