Hypertext Webster Gateway: "arrogance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Arrogance \Ar"ro*gance\, n. [F., fr. L. arrogantia, fr.
arrogans. See {Arrogant}.]
The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an
overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in
exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or
which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an
undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness;
haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption.
I hate not you for her proud arrogance. --Shak.
Syn: Haughtiness; hauteur; assumption; lordliness;
presumption; pride; disdain; insolence; conceit;
conceitedness. See {Haughtiness}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
arrogance
n : overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward
inferiors [syn: {haughtiness}, {highhandedness}, {lordliness}]
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