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arrogance

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ar·ro·gance  (r-gns)
n.
The state or quality of being arrogant; overbearing pride.
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Noun1.arrogance - overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness
superbia, pride - unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)
condescension, disdainfulness, superciliousness - the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior
contemptuousness - the manifestation of scorn and contempt; "every subordinate sensed his contemptuousness and hated him in return"
hubris - overbearing pride or presumption
domineeringness, imperiousness, overbearingness - the trait of being imperious and overbearing
superiority - displaying a sense of being better than others; "he hated the white man's superiority and condescension"
snobbery, snobbishness, snobbism - the trait of condescending to those of lower social status
arrogance
noun conceit, pride, swagger, pretension, presumption, bluster, hubris, pomposity, insolence, hauteur, pretentiousness, high-handedness, haughtiness, loftiness, imperiousness, pompousness, superciliousness, lordliness, conceitedness, contemptuousness, scornfulness, uppishness Brit. (informal) disdainfulness, overweeningness << OPPOSITE modesty
Translations
arrogance [ˈærəgəns] n → arrogancia, prepotencia (LAM)
arrogance [ˈærəgəns] n → arrogance f
arrogance [ˈærəgəns] n → Arroganz f, Überheblichkeit f
arrogance [ˈærəgəns] n → arroganza


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The fox, full of all kinds of arrogance, looked at the cat from head to foot, and for a long time did not know whether he would give any answer or not.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
There's nothing more subservient than an arrogant man when his arrogance has once been broken in some particular instance.
Chance by Conrad, Joseph View in context
The girl thought the arrogance and granite-heartedness of the magnate of the play was very accurately drawn.
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Crane, Stephen View in context
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