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arrogance |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Arrogance \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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: arrogance n : overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors [syn: {haughtiness}, {lordliness}]
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