as in superiority
an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims
in his arrogance the president of the club made all the arrangements for the annual banquet without consulting the members
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Recent Examples of arrogance
But what unfolded in the White House on Friday was a striking departure—an unprecedented display of hostility, arrogance, and political theater that raises serious concerns about America's global leadership.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Reportedly, Tulip mastermind Charles Hegel (played with perfect measure of condescending arrogance by Josh Brener) has died in Kenya, and took with him all the necessary passwords needed to access the accounts of his many investors.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 28 Feb. 2025
Sheila destroys Richard Dreyer’s arrogance with the nonchalance of someone swatting away an inconvenient fly.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Healthy arrogance is a term that makes some people uncomfortable.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 17 Feb. 2025
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Reportedly, Tulip mastermind Charles Hegel (played with perfect measure of condescending arrogance by Josh Brener) has died in Kenya, and took with him all the necessary passwords needed to access the accounts of his many investors.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 28 Feb. 2025
Sheila destroys Richard Dreyer’s arrogance with the nonchalance of someone swatting away an inconvenient fly.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Healthy arrogance is a term that makes some people uncomfortable.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrogance
Noun
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Wealth isn’t about intelligence or moral superiority.—
Greg Clement,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Lopez and the co-sponsors want to cloak themselves in moral superiority and call it a day.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But, then, genuine misanthropic disdain is part of Verhoeven's tool kit.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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Musk has long voiced disdain for Biden and notably was not invited to the administration's electric vehicle summit in 2021.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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How an Overly Sunny Demeanor Could Affect You Of course, if your exclusively positive attitude is rubbing others the wrong way, that doesn’t bode well for your relationships.—
Cathy Cassata,
Health,
14 Mar. 2025
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But the attitude of our coaches was, ‘Again, again — next goal, next goal’.—
Daniel Taylor,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Harrington recently appeared on the Cookie Jar Golf podcast and opened up about how the then-21-year-old McIlroy shattered his pretensions as a heavy favorite to win the title.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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Rush were almost in danger of becoming too brainy and obscure for their own good by the end of the ’70s, but the band would rein in their pretensions with tighter songwriting in the albums that would follow. 5.—
Al Shipley,
SPIN,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Arrogance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrogance. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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