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Confidence that hasn't checked with reality yet, and doesn't plan to.
means Bold confidence or nerve that disregards normal social limits or fear of consequences — often admired, often reckless.
from From Latin audacia, from audax ('bold, daring'), rooted in the verb audere, 'to dare.' It moved through French into English in the 1500s, keeping that live wire of daring intact — the same root that gives English 'audacious.' The word has always carried a double edge: it can praise courage or condemn insolence, depending on who's doing the daring.
- etymology
- from latin audax, meaning bold to the point of reckless
- double edge
- same word praises heroes and condemns con artists
- social rule
- only called audacity when it fails to charm you
- software irony
- also a free audio editor, famously not shy about bugs