Usually means: Excessive confidence exceeding realistic expectations.
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▸ noun:  Excessive optimism.

Similar:
overoptimist, overpessimism, overhope, overestimation, overplacement, overexpectation, overexuberance, overoptimization, overenthusiasm, overconfidence, more...

Opposite:
pessimism, realism, pragmatism

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Similar:
overoptimist, overpessimism, overhope, overestimation, overplacement, overexpectation, overexuberance, overoptimization, overenthusiasm, overconfidence, more...

Opposite:
pessimism, realism, pragmatism



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