overconfidence
Example Sentences
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When the market mob is too greedy, or too afraid—and that is the essence of a huge move, up or down—options-centric investors look to buy on fear and sell on overconfidence.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
New Year’s resolutions may be the most widespread behavioral experiment ever attempted—a great unsupervised trial in overconfidence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
The seat then contained the Labour stronghold of Harlow, but an energetic campaign, coupled with the overconfidence of the sitting Labour MP, saw Tebbit victorious in 1970.
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025
When someone else’s behavior seems truly inexplicable or evil, even, I can pinpoint, “Oh, that is just overconfidence bias at play” in the same way that I noticed overconfidence bias in my own behavior.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024
I’m not the kind of person who’s prone to premonitions or overconfidence, so I suspected that there was more to my flash than magical thinking.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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