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Noun
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Payton approached the quarterback vacancy with arrogance.—
Troy Renck,
The Denver Post,
21 Feb. 2025 -
How narcissism and exclusion fuel one another Narcissists often display disruptive behaviors in social settings, such as aggression or arrogance, that increase the likelihood of others distancing themselves over time.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Then, as Venus moves into Pisces, the focus shifts from self-assertion to a deeper, more transcendent love.—
Colin Bedell,
Them,
14 Jan. 2025
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This self-assertion can also subtly influence how your manager perceives you.—
Mark Murphy,
Forbes,
26 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Edward is karmically punished for his hubris and manipulations when the fiancé of his blind daughter, Ivy, is stabbed nearly to death by a developmentally disabled young man who was secretly in love with Ivy, necessitating sending her on a journey over the wall to fetch lifesaving medicine.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
8 Aug. 2024
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The inauguration of Donald Trump evidenced hubris in dealing with his American adversaries that is less convincing when turned on his foreign enemies.—
Richard E. Vatz,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Instead, Laura saw a woman, a relative stranger, whose flagrant presumptions had unwittingly changed the course of her own life, or perhaps only hastened that change.—
Hannah Gold,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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And with a flood of new programming sources, along with the presumption that the crown jewel of children's educational television can be privately supported, the question is can CPB survive DOGE's ax?—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Disdainfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disdainfulness. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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