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

• 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, Internal Combustion^[1]:

  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.

• 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 (samouverenost)
• 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) (じしん, jishin), 確信 (ja) (かくしん, kakushin)
• Korean: 자신 (ko) (自信, jasin), 확신 (ko) (確信, hwaksin)
• Russian: уверенность (ru) (uvérennost') f , самоуверенность (ru) (samouvérennost') f 
• Spanish: certeza (es) f, certeza propia (es) f

expression or feeling of certainty

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

• German: Zuversicht (de) f
• Hindi: यक़ीन (hi) (yaqīn) m
• Hungarian: bizonyosság (hu)
• Japanese: 信用 (ja) (しんよう, shin'yō), 信頼 (ja) (しんらい, shinrai), 信任 (ja) (しんにん, shinnin)
• Korean: 신임 (ko) (信任, sinim), 신용 (ko) (信用, sinyong), 신뢰 (ko) (信賴, silloe)
• Russian: уверенность (ru) (uvérennost') f 
• Spanish: certidumbre (es) f

quality of trusting

• Bulgarian: вяра (bg) f (vjara), доверие (bg) n (doverie)
• Czech: důvěra (cs) f
• German: Vertrauen (de) n, Zutrauen (de) n

• Hungarian: bizalom (hu)
• Korean: 확실함 (ko) (確實함, hwaksilham), 확실성 (ko) (確實性, hwaksilseong)
• Spanish: confidencia (es) f

information held in secret

• Bulgarian: поверително съобщение (bg) (poveritelno sǎobštenie)
• Czech: důvěrnost (cs) f, tajemství (cs) n
• German: Vertraulichkeit (de) f

• Hungarian: bizalmasság (hu)
• Italian: confidenziale (it), riservato (it)
• Japanese: 打ち明け話 (ja) (うちあけばなし, uchiakebanashi), 秘密 (ja) (ひみつ, himitsu)
• Korean: 비밀 (ko) (祕密, bimil), 속내 (ko) (songnae)
• Spanish: en confianza (es), confidencial (es)

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Translations to be checked

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

• Telugu: స్థైర్యం (te) (sthairyaM)