cocksureness

noun

as in certainty
a state of mind in which one is free from doubt the cocksureness with which he presented his investment scheme convinced others to jump in

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  1. certainty
  2. assurance
  3. confidence
  4. conviction
  5. satisfaction
  6. certitude
Noun
  • While talks are still fluid in Mangione’s federal case, in other cases where firm agreements were in place there is no certainty that a judge will sign off on the terms.
    — Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But each step up the sanctions ladder brings greater diplomatic costs — and diminishing certainty that additional economic damage will translate into political concessions.
    — Magdalena Del Valle, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of certainty
Noun
  • Among the areas covered by the new measures are backups, incident response, risk management and security assurance, with later phases requiring further testing of clubs’ ability to recover from cyber incidents.
    — Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • While there were previous assurances under the Biden administration that the site would reopen once construction was complete, that does not appear to be the case now.
    — Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of assurance
Noun
  • Each of those positions experienced a boost of confidence or a seed of concern since players reported to camp three weeks ago.
    — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Redefining How Fashion Is Bought If the early wave of e-commerce was about access and the mobile era was about convenience, the next phase, agentic commerce, will be defined by confidence.
    — Footwear News, Footwear News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of confidence
Noun
  • Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is once again seeking to overturn his state murder conviction in the 2020 killing of George Floyd, according to court documents filed Tuesday.
    — Riley Moser, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Then there are the great unknowns that make this a question hard to answer with conviction.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of conviction
Noun
  • Even so, the Pilot continues to stand out for its combination of refinement, functionality and long-term ownership satisfaction.
    — John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs And Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026
  • However, Collingwood points out that the skin also provides flavor and satisfaction.
    — Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of satisfaction
Noun
  • Even in the fixedness of their forms—their sententious certitude—a single work may conflate the erotic and the machinic, the vernacular and the archetypal, the abstract and the practical.
    — Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Far too many candidates think AI can solve an office’s hardest problems, and the certitude among candidates with tech backgrounds is off the charts.
    — Max Taves, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of certitude
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“Cocksureness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cocksureness. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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