单词 | self-security |
释义 | self-securityn. Security in one's position or situation. Also: confidence in one's own abilities, qualities, and judgement; self confidence. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > excessive self-confidence > [noun] overtrust?c1225 self-witc1425 self-trust1526 self-wisdom1571 self-assurance1595 confidence1599 self-confidence1604 self-security1606 self-sufficiencya1617 sufficiency1638 self-wittedness1647 self-trusting1658 self-poise1774 suffisance1781 cock-surety1819 disinvolturac1847 cocksureness1878 cocksureism1889 1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xiv. xc. 364 No maruell, selfe-securitie France in that loue did woo. 1650 Plea for Non-Subscribers App. 38 The Libertines and Familists of later ages, who taught that they might..use any indirect meanes for selfe-security. 1768 H. Walpole Hist. Doubts 33 Self-security prompted the princes and lords to guard against this reverse. 1834 C. Lorimer Lett. addressed to Young Master-mariner i. 2 I trust that nothing which depends upon yourself.., no self-security, will spoil that prospect. 1886 Mind 11 346 If anyone betrays self-security,..no further proof is needed..that his self-examination has been superficial. 1905 Speaker 8 Apr. 32/1 Bunyan's self-security of opinion. 1997 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. 12 Dec. 24/3 Can Christians reasonably expect existential self-security from a people who are politically in such a mess? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1606 |
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