bossiness
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4.3
- noun
- /ˈbɔsɪnəs/
:
autoritarismo
- In the workplace, his bossiness made it difficult for others to share their ideas freely.
Examples
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The thing was, I recognized her bossiness for what it was: the instruction booklet that up to then my life had been lacking.
Fiction book (1992) -
Her bossiness often caused conflicts among her friends, as they felt she was too controlling.
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Where does it come from, this bossiness, this belligerence?
Fiction book (1992) -
Mudear's natural bossiness had been a plus, too.
Fiction book (1993) -
Can't you do anything about her bossiness?
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I think that some of her bossiness came from an insecurity that there were better performers, and for her personality, that made her nervous.
Blog text (1) -
Case in point... even after having to talk to her about some of the bossiness issues and giving her a standoffish attitude, she continued to try to contact me after.
Blog text (1) -
His "imperious nature," basically bossiness and arrogance, prevents him from serving in the war, but he still supports the South in whatever way he can.
Blog text (20) -
Michael Furey is a fitting opponent to Gabriel's ineffective bossiness and false sense of superiority.
Academic text (1991) -
If, for Coward, our innate talent to dominate is rendered dormant by our capitulation to mannered civility, Shaw understands bossiness as a rare trait, one that needs to be tuned toward public service rather than private lives.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
1
8.4
Treating people in a rude, bossy way and not listening to them
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6.1
Trying too hard to make people do something and annoying them
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9.3
Trying to control others and acting like you are more important
Being overly controlling and not listening to others
Being too bossy and trying to control other people
A way of making strict rules about how people should do things
A tendency to tell people what to do and give instructions
A way of acting that is arrogant and demanding
Antonyms
How Bossy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bossiness comes from the word boss, which itself comes from the Dutch baas meaning 'master'. So, bossiness is the habit of acting like a 'master' and telling people what to do, which explains its modern meaning.