self-assurance.

Calm confidence in your own abilities or judgment, often visible in how you behave.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• quiet self-assurance
• speak with self-assurance

On the page

Her quiet self-assurance steadied the team more than the director's promises.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. 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: character, interpretation. Commonness: moderately common.