🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

excesso de confiança

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /eˈse.su dʒi kõ.fĩˈɐ.sɐ/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Overtrust/ˈoʊ.vɚ.trʌst/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O excesso de confiança nos sistemas automáticos pode ser fatal."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The state of placing excessive confidence or reliance in someone or something, especially when such trust is unwarranted, risky, or unearned.

    "Overtrust in automated driving systems can lead to drivers failing to intervene during critical emergencies."
As verb
  1. 1

    To place too much trust or reliance on a person, organization, or technological system beyond what is prudent or safe.

    "Users often overtrust artificial intelligence outputs without verifying the underlying data."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix over- (meaning excessively or beyond the normal limit, originating from Old English ofer) combined with the noun/verb trust (from Old Norse traust, meaning confidence, help, or reliance). The term gained prominence in modern psychology, human-computer interaction, and automation studies during the late 20th century to describe misplaced or excessive reliance on systems or individuals.

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🇫🇷French → English

surconfiance

Transliteration: syr.kɔ̃.fjɑ̃s

"Une surconfiance dans les systèmes automatisés peut être dangereuse."

🇩🇪German → English

Übertrauen

Transliteration: /ˈyːbɐˌtʁaʊ.ən/

"Übertrauen in automatisierte Systeme birgt erhebliche Risiken."

🇮🇹Italian → English

eccesso di fiducia

Transliteration: /etˈtʃɛs.so di fiˈduː.tʃa/

"L'eccesso di fiducia nella tecnologia può causare gravi incidenti."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

exceso de confianza

Transliteration: /ekˈse.so de komˈfjan.sa/

"El exceso de confianza en la inteligencia artificial es un problema creciente."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

excesso de confiança

Transliteration: /eˈse.su dʒi kõ.fĩˈɐ.sɐ/

"O excesso de confiança nos sistemas automáticos pode ser fatal."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

अत्यधिक विश्वास

Transliteration: atyadhik vishwas

Script: हिंदी देवनागरी

"स्वचालित प्रणालियों पर अत्यधिक विश्वास खतरनाक हो सकता है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

过度信任

Transliteration: guòdù xìnrèn

Script: 中文汉字

"对自动化系统的过度信任可能会导致严重的事故。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

과도한 신뢰

Transliteration: gwadohan sinroe

Script: 한국어 한글

"자동화된 시스템에 대한 과도한 신뢰는 위험할 수 있습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

過剰信頼

Transliteration: kajō shinrai

Script: 日本語

"自動運転システムへの過剰信頼が事故を引き起こすことがある。"

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