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self confidence

[self-kon-fi-duhns, self-]

self-con·fi·dence

[self-kon-fi-duhns, self-]
noun
1.
realistic confidence in one's own judgment, ability, power, etc.
2.
excessive or inflated confidence in one's own judgment, ability, etc.

Origin:
1630–40

self-con·fi·dent, adjective
self-con·fi·dent·ly, adverb


1. assurance, self-possession, self-respect, poise. 2. conceit, self-esteem.

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Self confidence is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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