uppityness
- noun
- /ˈʌpɪtinəs/
- Informal
:
arrogancia
- People often resented her uppityness, believing she acted as if she were better than everyone else.
Examples
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His constant uppityness made it hard for him to maintain friendships, as others felt he looked down on them.
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I remember the civil rights movement -- true, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. does belong to you, but he inspired "uppityness" in other minority communities who looked around and said, "Yeah, we too are worthy human beings."
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"These Negroes, they're getting pretty uppity these days, and that's a problem for us since they've got something now they never had before: the political pull to back up their uppityness.
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The teacher warned the students against uppityness, reminding them that humility was important regardless of their achievements.
Synonyms
133
4.8
Being too proud and acting as if you are better than others
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7.9
An attitude that shows someone feels more important than others
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6.3
An attitude of thinking you are better than others because of wealth or class
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7.7
A way of acting like you are very important that annoys 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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8.7
Being too confident in a rude way
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7.4
A way of behaving like you are better than other people because of money or class
1
8.4
Being someone who thinks they are better than people with less money or social position and looks down on them
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8.4
Treating people in a rude, bossy way and not listening to them
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8.1
A way of behaving that shows you think you are better than other people
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7.4
Acting as if you are more important than other people
Acting as if more important or better than other people
Behaving as if you are better than other people
Treating people as if they are less smart or important
Too much confidence that makes you act without respect, for example interrupting others
Acting too proud and thinking they are better than others
Antonyms
How Arrogant
- Offensive
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6.3
1
7.9
133
4.8
- Informal
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6.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Uppityness comes from up, meaning 'above', plus the ending -ity, so it gives the image of someone acting 'above' others. That's why uppityness means behaving in a proud or 'too important' way that other people see as arrogant.