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Recent Examples of overconfidence
Stimulants like cocaine or methamphetamine may lead to overconfidence and aggressive driving.
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Andrew Yockey, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
This overconfidence manifests in workplace behavior.
—Tarun Galagali, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
If professors or software tools look for tone uniformity or overconfidence as signs of AI authorship, a student could bypass those markers simply by prompting ChatGPT to mimic the imperfections of human writing.
—Chris Reed, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
The best antidote to such overconfidence, however, is not the excessive pessimism offered by retrenchers.
—H. R. McMaster, Foreign Affairs, 1 June 2020
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Andrew Yockey, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
This overconfidence manifests in workplace behavior.
—Tarun Galagali, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
If professors or software tools look for tone uniformity or overconfidence as signs of AI authorship, a student could bypass those markers simply by prompting ChatGPT to mimic the imperfections of human writing.
—Chris Reed, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
The best antidote to such overconfidence, however, is not the excessive pessimism offered by retrenchers.
—H. R. McMaster, Foreign Affairs, 1 June 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overconfidence
Noun
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Still, Patel warns Gen Z that confidence can quickly morph into arrogance.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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Schmitt suffers a nervous breakdown after his arrogance (and Webber’s long leash on the residency program) leads to him killing a podcaster on the operating table and these two break up again.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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What everybody loves about Ortegas is that can do mentality and also that cockiness.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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The film has that Scott-ian sleekness (but is really directed by Swedish filmmaker Daniel Espinosa in his Hollywood debut), and Washington rules with his super-chill cockiness.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But as Teigen pointed out, losing weight will never fix self-confidence issues.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
13 Oct. 2025
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Through this, that creates this self-compassion, self-confidence.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Oct. 2025
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The Chiefs are back, just as quickly as they were dismissed, and that’s in more than ways than post-game one-liners exuding some confidence after a convincing 30-17 win against the red-hot Lions.—
Sam McDowell
October 13,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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Showing confidence the whole night that the outcome wouldn’t really be in doubt, BSU went for it seven times on fourth down, converting six of those.—
Jim Keyser,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Oct. 2025
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To me, that’s a sign of growing self-assurance, not intolerance.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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Chelsea are sorely lacking leadership and self-assurance, hardly surprising given the inexperience throughout a quickly thinning squad.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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With Iran now rejecting new negotiations without firm assurances on sanctions relief and security guarantees, both sides appear locked in a cycle of escalation that threatens to deepen the regional crisis.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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But some neighbors dismissed the assurances.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Oct. 2025
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At the same time, every individual is entitled to the presumption of innocence unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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The damage is less to the defendant than to old-fashioned notions about the presumption of innocence and the imperative of preserving an impartial and independent Department of Justice.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Overconfidence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overconfidence. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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