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ar⋅ro⋅gance
[ar-uh-guh
ns] 
–noun
| offensive display of superiority or self-importance; overbearing pride. |
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| ar·ro·gance (ār'ə-gəns) n. The state or quality of being arrogant; overbearing pride. |
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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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Language Translation for : arrogance
Spanish:
presunción,
German:
die Anmaßung,
Japanese:
ずうずうしさ
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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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