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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Haughtiness \Haugh"ti*ness\, n. [For hauteinness See {Haughty}.] The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance. Syn: Arrogance; disdain; contemptuousness; superciliousness; loftiness. Usage: {Haughtiness}, {Arrogance}, {Disdain}. Haughtiness denotes the expression of conscious and proud superiority; arrogance is a disposition to claim for one's self more than is justly due, and enforce it to the utmost; disdain in the exact reverse of condescension toward inferiors, since it expresses and desires others to feel how far below ourselves we consider them A person is haughty in disposition and demeanor; arrogant in his claims of homage and deference; disdainful even in accepting the deference which his haughtiness leads him arrogantly to exact. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: haughtiness n : overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors [syn: {arrogance}, {lordliness}]
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