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overconfidence

overconfidence

n. a cognitive bias characterized by an overestimation of one’s actual ability to perform a task successfully, by a belief that one’s performance is better than that of others, or by excessive certainty in the accuracy of one’s beliefs. Compare underconfidence. —overconfident adj.

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