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arrogance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness |
| Type of | pride, superbia |
| Has types | disdainfulness, domineeringness, hubris, imperiousness, overbearingness, snobbery, snobbishness, snobbism, superciliousness, condescension, superiority, contemptuousness |
| Derivation | arrogant |
Examples of arrogance
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Her delivery has none of Ari Fleischer's arrogance or Scott McClellan's anxiety.
From the time.com
Just as they won't be when Spurs or West Ham land the spoils of their arrogance.
From the independent.co.uk
Here is another example of the arrogance of our greedy, incompetent politicians.
From the guardian.co.uk
The arrogance of the FDA and so many other federal agencies is simply appalling.
From the infowars.com
First he lied about it with a lot of arrogance on his part and then admitted it.
From the ocregister.com
I can't wait to see you teachers crash the system with your greed and arrogance.
From the ocregister.com
I think it's the arrogance of kiddishness, combined with having no other choice.
From the theatlantic.com
We always say there's not really a GMAT score high enough to overcome arrogance.
From the businessweek.com
The problem is that human greed and arrogance has more sway than careful wisdom.
From the forbes.com
- Overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
- (arrogant) having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; "an arrogant official"; "arrogant claims"; "chesty as a peacock"
- (arrogantly) in an arrogant manner; "in the old days she had been harsh and stiff ; afraid of her husband and yet arrogantly proud that she had a husband strong and fierce enough to make her afraid"
- Arrogance is a rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In the 1970s and early 1980s it was one of the most popular local bands in the state . The group has released six full length albums in its history and an early non-LP single. ...
- (Arrogantly) Pride is, depending on the interactional and cultural context, either a high sense of one's personal status (i.e., leading to judgements of personality and character) or the specific mostly positive emotion that is a product of praise or independent self-reflection. ...
- 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; ...
- (arrogant) Having excessive pride in oneself
- (arrogant) (adj): making claims or pretentions to superior status. Ad + rogare (to ask for).
- (arrogant) (adjective): see humble.
