bighead tendency
- noun
- Offensive
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arrogancia
- The coach warned the team that a bighead tendency could harm their performance.
Examples
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His bighead tendency often led him to underestimate his colleagues.
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His bighead tendency often alienates his friends.
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Despite her achievements, she avoided any bighead tendency and remained humble.
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She has a noticeable bighead tendency that annoys her colleagues.
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His bighead tendency makes it difficult for him to accept constructive criticism.
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The manager's bighead tendency caused a rift between him and his team.
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Having a bighead tendency can prevent you from seeing the value in others' contributions.
Synonyms
9
9.0
A false belief that someone is much more important or powerful than they really are
8
6.2
Thinking you are more important than other people
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6.1
Thinking and talking about yourself too much and feeling better than others
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9.9
A strong false belief that you are more powerful and important than you are
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9.9
Trying to make yourself seem more important or powerful than you are
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7.2
Feeling that you are better than other people because you think highly of yourself
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7.4
Thinking you are more important or better than other people
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7.7
Acting like you are more important or more educated than you really are
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7.9
Thinking that you are more important or powerful than others
Thinking you are much better or more important than other people
A way of behaving that shows you act too proud and think you are better than others
Behaving as if you are better than other people
Antonyms
How Arrogant
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'bighead' (a person who is excessively proud) with 'tendency' (an inclination): it simply denotes an inclination to be boastful or arrogant. This is a straightforward compositional pattern (noun + tendency) that is predictable and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would understand it.
Etymology
The noun bighead tendency comes from the picture of someone whose head is much too big for their body. That funny image shows a person who thinks they are better than others, so the phrase means 'a habit of being proud or thinking you are more important'.