Meaning of ARROGANCE
| Pronunciation: | | 'aruguns
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[n] overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors |
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ARROGANCE is a 9 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | haughtiness, highhandedness, lordliness |
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| | See Also: | | condescension, disdainfulness, domineeringness, hubris, imperiousness, overbearingness, pride, snobbery, snobbishness, superciliousness, superiority | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ar"ro*gance\, n. [F., fr. L. arrogantia, fr.
arrogans. See {Arrogant}.]
The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an
overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in
exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or
which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an
undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness;
haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption.
I hate not you for her proud arrogance. --Shak.
Syn: Haughtiness; hauteur; assumption; lordliness;
presumption; pride; disdain; insolence; conceit;
conceitedness. See {Haughtiness}.
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| | Related Terms: | | airs, assurance, assuredness, audacity, belief, bluster, boastfulness, bold front, boldness, brash bearing, brashness, brassiness, bravado, brazenness, bumptiousness, certitude, cheekiness, clannishness, cliquishness, cockiness, cocksureness, conceit, confidence, confidentness, contempt, contemptuousness, contumely, conviction, courage, daring, daringness, defial, defiance, defying, derision, despite, disdain, disdainfulness, disparagement, disregard, effrontery, egotism, exclusiveness, face, faith, gall, hardihood, haughtiness, hauteur, hubris, impertinence, impudence, independence, insolence, insult, loftiness, morgue, nerve, obtrusiveness, overconfidence, oversureness, overweening, overweeningness, pardonable pride, pertness, poise, pomposity, pompousness, positiveness, presumption, presumptuousness, pretension, pretentiousness, pride, pridefulness, procacity, proudness, purse-pride, pushiness, ridicule, sauciness, scorn, scornfulness, security, self-assertion, self-assurance, self-confidence, self-consequence, self-esteem, self-importance, self-reliance, self-respect, self-sufficiency, settled belief, side, sniffiness, snobbery, snobbishness, snootiness, snottiness, sovereign contempt, stiff-necked pride, stiff-neckedness, subjective certainty, superciliousness, sureness, surety, toploftiness, trust, uppishness, uppityness, vanity |
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