hyperconfidence
- noun
- /ˌhaɪpərˈkɒnfɪdəns/
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hiperconfianza
- Investors were wary of the entrepreneur's hyperconfidence in his untested business model.
Examples
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She displayed hyperconfidence during the presentation.
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The manager's hyperconfidence led the team to take unnecessary risks during the project.
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Despite his lack of experience, his hyperconfidence made him believe he could not fail.
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His hyperconfidence often leads to mistakes.
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His hyperconfidence in his abilities led him to underestimate the risks involved in the project.
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Despite her lack of experience, his hyperconfidence convinced him that he would succeed without any help.
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She approached the interview with such hyperconfidence that the hiring manager was taken aback.
Synonyms
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4.4
A feeling of being too sure of yourself when you are wrong
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8.7
Being too confident in a rude way
Too much confidence that makes you ignore risks or mistakes
Too much confidence that ignores other people's views
Too much confidence that makes you act without respect, for example interrupting others
A feeling of being too satisfied with yourself and not noticing problems
Antonyms
How Confident
Surface Forms
Morphology
hyperconfidence = confidence (transparent) = hyper + confide + ence
The word is built by adding the productive prefix 'hyper-' to 'confidence', and the resulting meaning of excessive confidence is straightforward.
Etymology
Hyperconfidence combines the prefix hyper-, an old Greek part meaning 'over' or 'too much', with confidence, which means belief in yourself and appears in words like hyperactive. So hyperconfidence is being 'too sure' of yourself, more than is reasonable, and that can lead to risky choices.