"selfsecure" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more selfsecure [comparative], most selfsecure [superlative]
Etymology: From self- + secure, probably a calque of German selbstsicher (“selfsecure, self-assured, self-confident”). Compare also Dutch zelfzeker, zelfverzekerd (“selfsecure, confident”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|self|secure}} self- + secure, {{uder|en|de|selbstsicher||selfsecure, self-assured, self-confident}} German selbstsicher (“selfsecure, self-assured, self-confident”), {{cog|nl|zelfzeker}} Dutch zelfzeker, {{m|nl|zelfverzekerd||selfsecure, confident}} zelfverzekerd (“selfsecure, confident”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} selfsecure (comparative more selfsecure, superlative most selfsecure)
  1. Secure in oneself; self-assured; self-confident. Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-selfsecure-en-adj-Ag~0JUvX Disambiguation of Personality: 66 34 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with self- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with self-: 49 51
  2. Secure on one's own; self-reliant; self-sustaining.
    Sense id: en-selfsecure-en-adj-KleDdh~P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with self-, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with self-: 49 51 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: self-secure

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