confidence
English
Etymology
From Latin cōnfīdentia (possibly via Old French confidence), from cōnfīdō (“believe, confide in”) from con- (“with”) + fīdō (“trust”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɒnfɪdəns/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
confidence (countable and uncountable, plural confidences)
- Self-assurance.
- A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Psalms 118:8–9:
- It is better to truſt in the Lord : then to put confidence in man. / It is better to truſt in the Lord : then to put confidence in Princes.
- 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 39:
- Khedron hesitated for a moment, wondering how far he should take Jeserac into his confidence. He knew that Jeserac was kindly and well-intentioned, but he also knew that he must be bound by the same taboos that controlled everyone on Diaspar.
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:
- But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.
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- Information held in secret.
- (dated) Boldness; presumption.
Antonyms
- (self-assurance): timidity
Related terms
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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/abide' title='abide'>abide</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/bide' title='bide'>bide</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/confidant' title='confidant'>confidant</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/confidante' title='confidante'>confidante</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/confide' title='confide'>confide</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/confidence' title='confidence'>confidence</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/confident' title='confident'>confident</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/confidential' title='confidential'>confidential</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/defy' title='defy'>defy</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/diffidence' title='diffidence'>diffidence</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/faith' title='faith'>faith</a>
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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/fidelity' title='fidelity'>fidelity</a>
Translations
self-assurance
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expression or feeling of certainty
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quality of trusting
information held in secret
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cōnfīdentia. Doublet of confiance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.fi.dɑ̃s/
References
- “confidence” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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