Selfsecure

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Secure in oneself; self-assured; self-confident.

    "Friendliness and gentleness also apply to self. Children who learn to be gentle and tolerant with themselves grow up to be less stressed and more relaxed and selfsecure."

  2. 2
    Secure on one's own; self-reliant; self-sustaining.

    "Haynes's formulation all but conflated middle-class status with moral integrity, as he implied that by their nature, the better classes were more selfsecure."

Synonyms

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self confidentself-confident

Example

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"Friendliness and gentleness also apply to self. Children who learn to be gentle and tolerant with themselves grow up to be less stressed and more relaxed and selfsecure."

Etymology

From self- + secure, probably a calque of German selbstsicher (“selfsecure, self-assured, self-confident”). Compare also Dutch zelfzeker, zelfverzekerd (“selfsecure, confident”).

Related phrases

self assuredself confidentself reliantself sustaining

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