Definitionn. overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
Last update: June 15, 2015
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His arrogance puts people off him. [noun]
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It exposes the arrogance of a Government who will not let the people have their say. [noun]
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The arrogance of academics pontificating about rural affairs - are they letting us down? [noun]
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He had all the arrogance of Puritanism superadded to the natural arrogance of youth that has never known humiliating reverses, that has never been the servant of circumstance. [noun]
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"I will have no Dubbin--a toping wretch--and she is a too incongruous mixture, with her Edinburgh lingo and her Whitehall arrogance." [noun]
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So well he knew the arrogance and fierce self-will of his commanding officer that he durst not put his own opposite view of the case directly before him. [noun]
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This arrogance grew with the growth of his power; so that in many important matters Napoleon lost the true state of the case through the terror felt by his subordinates. [noun]
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Few countries have produced such arrogance and snobbishness as America. [noun]
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The arrogance and the emptiness of their writings, their impertinent pride and their unwarranted blunders, have disgusted me. [noun]
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"The rich," exclaims Jean Jacques, "have the arrogance to say, 'I built this wall; I earned this land by my labor."' [noun]
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Indeed, conceit, arrogance, and egotism are the essentials of patriotism. [noun]
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