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Definition of Self-assurance
1. Noun. Freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities. "She spoke with authority"
Generic synonyms: Certainty
Attributes: Certain, Sure, Incertain, Uncertain, Unsure
Derivative terms: Confident, Self-confident, Sure, Sure
Definition of Self-assurance
1. Noun. The state or quality of being confident in oneself. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-assurance
Literary usage of Self-assurance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Writing of Today: Models of Journalistic Prose by Gerhard Richard Lomer, John William Cunliffe (1915)
"... the silent self-assurance of the the whole British nation was struck with
mean, sensual man. There are as many grief at the loss of the Titanic, ..."
2. Popular Lectures on Theological Themes by Archibald Alexander Hodge (1887)
"son into his grasp entirely, what better thing can he do than to render him
morally callous and fill him with presumptuous self-assurance ? ..."
3. Things as They are by Bolton Hall (1909)
"self-assurance THEY ARE " THREE times three is ten," said the child. " Nine,"
said the Teacher. "It doesn't seem so to me," said the child under ..."
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