overconfidence.

Confidence in one’s judgment, ability or expected outcome that exceeds the available justification or likely performance.

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Words that belong together

• overconfidence in judgment
• managerial overconfidence

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Overconfidence in judgment led the team to omit a test that had revealed earlier failures.

The study measured managerial overconfidence against forecasts and later outcomes.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / character / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: characterization, motivation analysis, behavioral comparison, qualification. Disciplines: psychology, social behavior, character writing. Commonness: moderately common.