OVERCONFIDENCE in a Sentence

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1. Psychologists have determined that overconfidence causes people to overestimate their knowledge, underestimate risks.

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 Meanings and Examples of OVERCONFIDENCE
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overconfidence
 n.  excessive confidence; total certainty
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1  Psychologists have determined that overconfidence causes people to overestimate their knowledge, underestimate risks.