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Definition of Arrogance
1. Noun. Overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors.
Generic synonyms: Pride, Superbia
Specialized synonyms: Condescension, Disdainfulness, Superciliousness, Contemptuousness, Hubris, Domineeringness, Imperiousness, Overbearingness, Superiority, Snobbery, Snobbishness, Snobbism
Derivative terms: Arrogant, Haughty, High-handed, Lordly
Definition of Arrogance
1. n. 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.
Definition of Arrogance
1. Noun. 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. Closely related to the act of arrogating. ¹
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Definition of Arrogance
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arrogance
Literary usage of Arrogance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1849)
"75 19 9 Eg. 2294, f.140, 1796, Thurs., 2 June, Way to Get Married. The School
for arrogance & Shipwreck 63 6 0 Eg. 2297. f.138, 1799. ..."
2. A concise Anglo-Saxon dictionary for the use of students by John R. Clark Hall (1916)
"СР : courage, В ; АО : arrogance, pride, AÜ : power, ... f. greatness of soul :
pride, arrogance, haughtiness, jK. ..."
3. On English Poetry: Being an Irregular Approach to the Psychology of this Art by Robert Graves (1922)
"LX THE NECESSITY OF arrogance TO say of any poet that there is complete individuality
in his poems combined with excellent craftsmanship amounts to a charge ..."
4. Utah and the Mormons: The History, Government, Doctrines, Customs, and by Benjamin G. Ferris (1854)
"It was a strange combination of incongruous materials; a festering mass of
arrogance, discontent, hypocrisy, chicanery, licentiousness, and crime; ..."
5. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1855)
"His arrogance. He therefore concluded a truce with Pyrrhus, that he might be able
to devote his whole attention to the preparations which he was making for ..."
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