cocksureness

noun

as in certainty
a state of mind in which one is free from doubt the cocksureness with which he presented his investment scheme convinced others to jump in

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  1. certainty
  2. assurance
  3. confidence
  4. conviction
  5. satisfaction
  6. certitude
Noun
  • Hynes pledged to offer near certainty for developers seeking to build here.
    — A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Stock futures reversed initial losses and turned higher overnight as investors embraced the certainty offered by the decisive results.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of certainty
Noun
  • FlashProve aims to provide that assurance without requiring users to access or independently run the model.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The group stressed that the issue goes beyond its Instagram account, saying that Americans who rely on Meta’s platforms need assurance that voting content won’t be suppressed ahead of or on election day.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of assurance
Noun
  • The research represents an early step towards making model identity and response integrity independently verifiable, potentially giving users greater confidence in the systems powering their applications.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Have the confidence to walk away For founders, persistence is often celebrated, but knowing when to stop investing in a business can be just as important as having the conviction to start one.
    — Amy Francombe, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of confidence
Noun
  • Ochoa has a 2008 burglary conviction in Santa Barbara County and Thompkins has a 2014 burglary conviction in Tulare County, according to the Los Angeles Times and SFGATE.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The teen also faces an allegation of having a prior conviction for a violent offense, which qualifies as a strike under California law.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of conviction
Noun
  • Results included 30% less operating effort and customer satisfaction of 96%.
    — Dilip Kumar, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Studies out of the University of Toronto also show that 32 percent of single women report the highest tier of satisfaction with being single (compared to only 20 percent of single men).
    — Cheryl Fenton, Flow Space, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of satisfaction
Noun
  • Even in the fixedness of their forms—their sententious certitude—a single work may conflate the erotic and the machinic, the vernacular and the archetypal, the abstract and the practical.
    — Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Far too many candidates think AI can solve an office’s hardest problems, and the certitude among candidates with tech backgrounds is off the charts.
    — Max Taves, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of certitude
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“Cocksureness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cocksureness. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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