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Webster 1913 Edition
Arrogance
Ar′ro-gance
,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.
I hate not you for her proud
arrogance
. Shakespeare
Syn. – Haughtiness; hauteur; assumption; lordliness; presumption; pride; disdain; insolence; conceit; conceitedness. See
Haughtiness
. Webster 1828 Edition
Arrogance
AR'ROGANCE
,Noun.
The act or quality of taking much upon one's self; 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; conceitedness; presumption.
I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease. Is. 13. 1Sam. 2. Pov. 8.
Definition 2024
arrogance
arrogance
English
Alternative forms
Noun
arrogance (usually uncountable, plural arrogances)
- 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.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:arrogance.
Related terms
Translations
act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner
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External links
- arrogance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- arrogance in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911