self-assurance

The campaign figures that Trump's "self-assurance" creates a bandwagon effect as voters decide to go with a winner.

While most agree that Intermezzo is a step up from her other novels, Lola Seaton in the New Statesman said it "lacks the taut self-assurance of Conversations with Friends and Normal People".

Now that the Democrats are projecting exuberance and confidence, Trump’s brand of self-assurance looks like farcical fake swag.

Rather than exude iron self-assurance and unqualified optimism about their countries’ futures, liberals fret about the complexities of governing and social problems.

They embrace conflict, chafe at playing defense and exhibit self-assurance even in pursuit of unpopular goals.