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haughtiness, hauteur, insolence, presumption, pride, superiority, arrogant, audacious, autocratic, boastful, bold, bumptious

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ar⋅ro⋅gance

[ar-uh-guh

ns]

–noun

offensive display of superiority or self-importance; overbearing pride.

Also, ar⋅ro⋅gan⋅cy.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME < MF < L arrogantia presumption. See arrogant, -ance

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Language Translation for : Arrogance

Spanish:

presunción,

German:

die Anmaßung,

Japanese:

ずうずうしさ

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ar·ro·gance (ār'ə-gəns) Pronunciation Key
n. The state or quality of being arrogant; overbearing pride.

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arrogance

1303, from O.Fr. arrogance (12c.), from L. arrogantia, from arrogantem (nom. arrogans) "assuming, overbearing, insolent," prp. of arrogare "to claim for oneself, assume," from ad- "to" + rogare "ask, propose" (see rogation).

arrogance
noun
overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

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.

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