authoritativeness

noun

Definition of authoritativenessnext
1
as in imperiousness

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2
as in credibility

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  1. credibility
  2. validity
  3. dominance
  4. arrogance
  5. influence
  6. hauteur
  7. pomposity
  8. condescension
Noun
  • However, the hypothetical scenario of an invasion would galvanize Greenland's population and its international allies into a unified front, risking a swift and diplomatically disastrous conflict that would undermine U.S. credibility.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Leaders can create internal assessments that are audited for credibility with a focus on climate, circularity, nature and safety to determine the environmental and social impacts of a product portfolio.
    Pernille Lind Olsen, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of credibility
Noun
  • The first postponement occurred because Baldwin contested the validity of the debt.
    Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Both Pettersson and Miller have denied that there is any validity to these rumors whatsoever, but even so, the effects of the negativity surrounding the Canucks has taken its toll.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of validity
Noun
  • His retirement in 1981 spelled the end of a three-decade run of Australian male dominance that included 17 victories in the Davis Cup team event from 1950 to 1977.
    Cindy Shmerler, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Though, in truth, minorities’ dominance of MMA is nothing new.
    Charlie Campbell, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of dominance
Noun
  • Trump’s Comments About The Panama Canal Trump remarked that the United States should regain control of the Panama Canal, a statement that evoked arrogance and colonialism in the past.
    Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The historical 'attitude' (arrogance) in his acting has fueled MAGA, and his endorsements of Trump are undeniably overbearing and irrational.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of arrogance
Noun
  • Despite these denials, the alliance between the two nations is increasingly viewed as a counterweight to Western influence in the region and beyond.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Intense fighting in Europe between Russia and Ukraine, broad conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon, and escalating flareups across the Middle East between Israel and Iran have tested U.S. influence.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of influence
Noun
  • They are written with a thuggish hauteur, as if Pacino’s Tony ‘Scarface’ Montana had been transplanted to the world of music promotion – all machismo and ultimatums.
    Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025
  • With his chilly hauteur and unflattering Prince Valiant hairdo, Jordan is a plain villain amid characters who otherwise collectively lurch between sympathetic victimhood and viciously cruel mob mentality.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
Definition of hauteur
Noun
  • His boisterous persona was more comical than confrontational, a hot-air balloon of strutting pomposity punctured by his family.
    Jim McKairnes, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Lacking the pop cultural connection of Vox Lux, The Brutalist’s pomposity becomes unrelatable, if not repugnant.
    Armond White, National Review, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of pomposity
Noun
  • In his 1978 State of the Union address, Carter subtly channeled their condescension.
    Harry Boyte and Trygve Throntveit, TIME, 4 Jan. 2025
  • That’s neither condescension nor criticism: George Lucas created a swashbuckling fairy tale set in space, and its mantle has been taken up by successive generations of filmmakers who encountered it at a formative age.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of condescension
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