as in superiority
an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims
in his arrogance the president of the club made all the arrangements for the annual banquet without consulting the members
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Recent Examples of arrogance
The guy the American masses met in 2009 had already worked out a sound, approaching the sad-robot pop of Ye’s 808s & Heartbreak from the chilly arrogance of boardroom Jay.
Hip-hop heads didn’t always respect the swing of the pendulum, though.
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
Sheer arrogance, headed straight for the trash can, unopened.
—Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2025
All of which meant that when economists gathered in San Francisco this month for the annual meeting of the American Economic Association, there was a sense that their famous confidence — critics would say arrogance — had been, if not shattered, certainly dealt a body blow.
—Ben Casselman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Relevant reality skills: Rob, while deadly charming, has always played Survivor by putting his confidence (some would say cockiness) and expertise (some would say arrogance) on full display.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
Sheer arrogance, headed straight for the trash can, unopened.
—Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2025
All of which meant that when economists gathered in San Francisco this month for the annual meeting of the American Economic Association, there was a sense that their famous confidence — critics would say arrogance — had been, if not shattered, certainly dealt a body blow.
—Ben Casselman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Relevant reality skills: Rob, while deadly charming, has always played Survivor by putting his confidence (some would say cockiness) and expertise (some would say arrogance) on full display.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrogance
Noun
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Release Date Confirmed: Your Schedule For The Newest iPhone These results underscore MEG’s superiority but also highlight challenges.—
Luis E. Romero,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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American liberal internationalism, with its innate (and intellectually unavoidable) belief in the goodness and moral superiority of Western democracy in general, and the United States in particular, makes this form of empathy far harder to achieve.—
Anatol Lieven,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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There is a growing push on Madison Avenue to foil the increasing disdain the average TV viewer has for traditional commercials, by devising content that is as interesting or entertaining as the shows people like to watch and binge.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
12 Feb. 2025
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Some Republicans made direct analogies between the first president and the sixteenth—to the howling disdain of many detractors.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Feb. 2025
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Instead of repeating his laissez-faire attitude toward his own administration, the Republican president is asserting control at every opportunity, backed up by loyalists at all levels of government.—
Chris Megerian,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
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Putin praised this new US attitude towards his country.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN,
19 Feb. 2025
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So often a potential title decider, the only team here that have title pretensions are Liverpool.—
Andy Jones,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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There’s no pretension or judgment here, but nearly everything is pleasing to the eye.—
Devorah Lev-Tov,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Arrogance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrogance. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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