arrogance
n.
haughtiness, pride, conceit
Arrogance
arrogance
Noun
1. overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
(synonym) haughtiness, hauteur, highhandedness, lordliness
(hypernym) pride
(hyponym) hubris
arrogance (f)
n.
arrogance; assurance; delusion, assumption; haughtiness, lordliness, pride, superciliousness
Arrogance
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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