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arrogance

arrogance

133 4.8
Being too proud and acting as if you are better than others
  • noun
  • /ˈɛrəɡəns/
translation icon : arrogancia
  • The politician's arrogance was evident when he dismissed his opponents' concerns.
  • pride and arrogance
  • Eurocentric arrogance
  • arrogance and ignorance

And that is where their arrogance comes out the most.

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Examples

Synonyms

ego
vsarrogance
342 4.5

Feeling that you are more important than other people

when excessive, becomes an outwardly contemptuous, superior attitude
vanity
vsarrogance
56 5.6

Extreme pride in how you look or what you can do

is expressed as a general superior, disdainful attitude toward people
hubris
vsarrogance
  • Literature
39 8.9

Extreme pride that makes someone ignore danger and fail

appears instead as open contempt and feeling of superiority
superiority
vsarrogance
33 6.1

Acting or feeling that you are better than other people and making them feel small

is expressed openly with disdain and patronising behaviour
condescension
vsarrogance
16 7.9

An attitude that shows someone feels more important than others

is the wider quality of superiority and disdain beyond patronising acts
conceit
vsarrogance
10 8.0

Too much pride in yourself and your abilities

is expressed with open superiority and disdain toward others
smugness
vsarrogance
9 5.7

Being too pleased with yourself in a way that annoys others

is more about feeling superior and looking down on others
self-importance
vsarrogance
8 6.2

Thinking you are more important than other people

is expressed outwardly as contempt and superior behaviour
egotism
vsarrogance
7 6.1

Thinking and talking about yourself too much and feeling better than others

is shown more as a contemptuous, superior manner toward others
cockiness
vsarrogance
4 7.0

A proud, rude way of acting that shows little respect for other people

is broader, focusing on superiority rather than sheer boldness
superiority complex
vsarrogance
2 7.2

Feeling that you are better than other people because you think highly of yourself

is shown outwardly as contempt and superior attitude
pretentiousness
vsarrogance
  • Offensive
2 7.7

Acting like you are more important or more educated than you really are

is a genuine feeling of superiority expressed with contempt
grandiosity
vsarrogance
  • Specialized
1 7.9

Thinking that you are more important or powerful than others

is expressed through scornful behaviour and visible superiority
haughtiness
vsarrogance
1 7.9

A way of acting that shows you think you are better than other people

is essentially the general sense of superiority often shown broadly
elitist attitude
vsarrogance
1 7.5

A way of thinking that makes you feel better than others and makes you treat them as less important

is the attitude of superiority shown with contempt and disdain
presumptuousness
vsarrogance
1 8.7

Being too confident in a rude way

is more about feeling superior and expressing disdain generally
hauteur
vsarrogance
  • Formal
1 9.9

A proud, unfriendly way of acting that shows you feel better than others

is the general quality of superiority often expressed disdainfully
snobbishness
vsarrogance
  • Offensive
1 7.4

A way of behaving like you are better than other people because of money or class

is wider, applying to superiority toward anyone, not only social rank
high-handedness
vsarrogance
  • Formal
1 8.4

Treating people in a rude, bossy way and not listening to them

is a wider feeling of superiority not only shown by forcefulness
snootiness
vsarrogance
1 8.1

A way of behaving that shows you think you are better than other people

focuses more on feeling superior and showing contempt broadly
imperiousness
vsarrogance
1 9.3

Trying to control others and acting like you are more important

is expressed as superiority shown through contempt rather than authority
pridefulness
vsarrogance
1 7.4

Feeling that you are much better than other people

is expressed outwardly with contempt and superior behaviour
conceitedness
vsarrogance
7.4

Thinking you are much better or more important than other people

is shown as a superior, disdainful attitude toward other people
superciliousness
vsarrogance
9.8

Behaving as if you are better than other people

is broader, covering superiority shown with contempt more generally
disdainfulness
vsarrogance
8.8

A feeling that you are better than other people

includes that disdain but also an inflated sense of self
uppityness
vsarrogance
  • Informal
9.9

A way of acting as if one is better than other people

is the general superior, disdainful attitude beyond social breaches
condescendingness
vsarrogance
8.9

Treating people as if they are less smart or important

is a more direct, openly contemptuous feeling of superiority
lordliness
vsarrogance
8.5

Behaving proudly and as if one is better than others

is more about contempt and scorn directed at others
bighead attitude
vsarrogance
  • Offensive
8.5

A way of behaving that shows you act too proud and think you are better than others

is the same feeling but shown as open disdain toward others

Antonyms

105 3.8

Being modest and not thinking you are better than other people

27 3.5

Not being proud or bragging about your abilities

Idioms

A showy pride that makes someone act superior

How Arrogant

hubris
  • Literature
39 8.9
haughtiness
1 7.9
arrogance
133 4.8
humility
105 3.8

Surface Forms

arrogance singular
arrogances plural

Morphology

arrogance = arrogate (semi-transparent) = arrog + ance

The connection to 'arrogate' is clear, but the shift to a noun form indicating a quality or state is not immediately obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Arrogance comes from the Latin word arrogare, which means 'to claim for oneself', and is made of ad- 'to' and rogare 'to ask'. You can spot the rog- part in words like interrogate ('to ask'), which may help you remember it. So, arrogance is like taking respect or power without asking, acting as if you are more important than others.