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selfsecure

adj

Etymology

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

  1. borrowed from sēcūrus
  2. prefixed as selfsecure — “self + secure”

Definitions

  1. Secure in oneself

    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. Secure on one's own

    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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA