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- adjective
Secure in oneself;self-assured ;self-confident . - adjective Secure on one's own;
self-reliant ;self-sustaining .
Etymologies
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From self- + secure, probably a calque of German selbstsicher ("selfsecure, self-assured, self-confident"). Compare also Dutch zelfzeker, zelfverzekerd ("selfsecure, confident").
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