Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being over-confident; excessive confidence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Excessive confidence; too great reliance or trust.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun   An excessive degree of confidence 
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
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Examples
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								Even after noting that overconfidence is a death sentence on this show, he nonetheless began spouting the sort of overconfident crap that the Gods of Survivor, that is, Palin's Pimp, aka Mark Burnett, always slaps down hard: We're good for a minimum two to three more Tribals. ... Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens : Neither Tea Nor Sympathy. Tallulah Morehead 2010 
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								Even after noting that overconfidence is a death sentence on this show, he nonetheless began spouting the sort of overconfident crap that the Gods of Survivor, that is, Palin's Pimp, aka Mark Burnett, always slaps down hard: We're good for a minimum two to three more Tribals. ... Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens : Neither Tea Nor Sympathy. Tallulah Morehead 2010 
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								Even after noting that overconfidence is a death sentence on this show, he nonetheless began spouting the sort of overconfident crap that the Gods of Survivor, that is, Palin's Pimp, aka Mark Burnett, always slaps down hard: We're good for a minimum two to three more Tribals. ... Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens : Neither Tea Nor Sympathy. Tallulah Morehead 2010 
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								Another reason for overconfidence is that lawyers may know the arguments in favor of their client much better than the arguments against. 
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								Even after noting that overconfidence is a death sentence on this show, he nonetheless began spouting the sort of overconfident crap that the Gods of Survivor, that is, Palin's Pimp, aka Mark Burnett, always slaps down hard: We're good for a minimum two to three more Tribals. ... Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens : Neither Tea Nor Sympathy. Tallulah Morehead 2010 
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								Even after noting that overconfidence is a death sentence on this show, he nonetheless began spouting the sort of overconfident crap that the Gods of Survivor, that is, Palin's Pimp, aka Mark Burnett, always slaps down hard: We're good for a minimum two to three more Tribals. ... Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens : Neither Tea Nor Sympathy. Tallulah Morehead 2010 
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								Even after noting that overconfidence is a death sentence on this show, he nonetheless began spouting the sort of overconfident crap that the Gods of Survivor, that is, Palin's Pimp, aka Mark Burnett, always slaps down hard: We're good for a minimum two to three more Tribals. ... Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens : Neither Tea Nor Sympathy. Tallulah Morehead 2010 
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								Success breeds overconfidence is once again proven my Marcus Frind. Do VC Backed Founders actually make any money? « The Paradigm Shift 2007 
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								GREENFIELD: Now maybe this is the traditional second term overconfidence that tends to afflict White Houses. 
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								GREENFIELD: Now, maybe this is the traditional second term overconfidence that tends to afflict White Houses. 
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