Authorities and Confidence

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Authorities noun - The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit.

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Confidence is a synonym for authorities. In some cases you can use "Confidence" instead a noun "Authorities".

Confidence noun - Great faith in oneself or one's abilities.

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Authorities is a synonym for confidence. Sometimes you can replace term "Authorities" with "Confidence", this nouns are similar.

In The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted, Jim repeatedly expresses confidence that the military authorities will be fooled by his latest trick, despite the fact that the MP's have already displayed detective work that would be a credit to Sherlock Holmes.

Source: Fearless Fool
Just from one introduction, about the book's symbolism, most authorities trace the origin of All Fools' Day to a Hindu vernal celebration, a masquerade called Huli... The avatars of the Confidence man are avatara, that is, successive incarnations of the Hindu god of salvation, Vishnu.

Source: Faux Symbolism aka: What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic

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