Arrogance Definition
ărə-gəns
noun
The state or quality of being arrogant; overbearing pride.
American Heritage
The quality or state of being arrogant; overbearing pride or self-importance.
Webster's New World
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.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- high-handedness
- lordliness
- hauteur
- haughtiness
- stiff-neckedness
- self-consequence
- overweeningness
- obtrusiveness
- defial
- upstart
- parvenu
- effrontery
- contumely
- bluster
- affectation
Other Word Forms of Arrogance
Noun
Singular:
arrogance
Plural:
arrogancesOrigin of Arrogance
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Old French, from Latin arrogantia.
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