Definitions
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- n. Trust in one's positive characteristics; self-confidence; self-worth.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The way to cripple any organisation is to undermine its self-belief.
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I feel that I've reclaimed my confidence and self-belief, and I feel more stable on the court mentally.
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Sunderland's self-belief will grow massively as a consequence of Ji Dong-won's unlikely winner.
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The players are playing with confidence and good self-belief and that is all you can ask for.
Martin O'Neill hails the progress of Sunderland winger James McClean
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But he can reinject the old magic, restore that sense of self-belief, put the adrenaline back into the system.
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In other words he had good cause to be happy but — and this is perhaps a sign of his growing self-belief – sounded a little downbeat after his round.
Tiger Woods gathers more momentum on opening round of PGA Tour
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An assiduous worker, he struggled for self-belief among the tennis brats, but eventually made the transition through the Challenger Tour and on to make his World Tour debut in 2007.
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I think I'm in a good position, with the self-belief I've got after the season I had last year, the work I've done and the confidence I now have as a rider.
Bradley Wiggins: 'I'm way ahead in my fitness … bring on the Tour de France'
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But the way Arsenal wilted after Boateng's goal revealed a team with fragile self-belief.
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But, despite his impressive authority and Olympian self-belief, he lost twice to Scott earlier this year.
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