confidence

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Etymology

Latin confidentia > confidere > con- + fidere > fides

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɒnfɪdəns/

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Noun

confidence (uncountable)

1. Self-assurance.
2. Expression or feeling of certainty.
3. The quality of trusting.
4. Information held in secret.

Quotations

• 1956 — Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 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.

Antonyms

• (self-assurance): fear

Derived terms

• confidence interval
• confidence level
• confidence trick

Related terms

• confidant
• confidante
• confident
• confidential
• self-confidence

Translations

self-assurance

Bulgarian: самоувереност (bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 信心 (cmn) (xìnxīn), 自信 (cmn) (zìxìn) Czech: sebevědomí (cs) n. Finnish: itseluottamus (fi) German: Selbstvertrauen (de) n., Zuversicht (de) f.

Hungarian: magabiztosság (hu) Italian: fiducia (it) f., autostima (it), certezza (it), sicurezza (it) f. Japanese: 自信 (ja) (jishin) Russian: уверенность (ru) (uvérennost') f., самоуверенность (ru) (samouvérennost') f.

expression or feeling of certainty

Bulgarian: сигурност (bg) f. Catalan: confiança (ca) f. Czech: jistota (cs) f. Finnish: luottamus (fi)

German: Zuversicht (de) f. Hindi: यक़ीन (hi) (yaqīn) m. Hungarian: bizonyosság (hu) Russian: уверенность (ru) (uvérennost') f.

quality of trusting

Bulgarian: вяра (bg) f., доверие (bg) n. Czech: důvěra (cs) f. German: Vertrauen n., Zutrauen n.

Hungarian: bizalom (hu) Spanish: confidencia (es) f.

information held in secret

Bulgarian: поверително съобщение (bg) Czech: důvěrnost (cs) f., tajemství (cs) n. German: Vertraulichkeit f.

Hungarian: bizalmasság (hu) Italian: confidenziale (it), riservato (it)

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Hebrew: ביטחון (bit'akhon) m. (2,3) Slovene: samozavest f. (1), zaupanje n. (3)

Telugu: స్థైర్యం (sthairyaM)