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high-handedness

noun

1 high-handedness

Overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors.

synonyms: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, lordliness.

is a specific kind of: pride, superbia.

is a broader term that covers: condescension, disdainfulness, superciliousness | contemptuousness | hubris | domineeringness, imperiousness, overbearingness | superiority | snobbery, snobbishness, snobbism.

derivation: cavalier, high-handed | arrogant, chesty, self-important | disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering.

Dutch: arrogantie, eigendunk, hooghartigheid, hoogmoed, hovaardigheid, hovaardij, ijdelheid, inbeelding, verbeelding, verwatenheid ... show more
Polish: zaczepność, arogancja

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