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Haughtiness

Haughtiness Meaning & Definition
Haughtiness Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Haughtiness?

[n] overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

Synonyms | Synonyms for Haughtiness: arrogance | highhandedness | lordliness

Related Terms | Find terms related to Haughtiness:

See Also | condescension | disdainfulness | domineeringness | hubris | imperiousness | overbearingness | pride | snobbery | snobbishness | superciliousness | superiority

Haughtiness In Webster's Dictionary

\Haugh"ti*ness\, n. [For hauteinness. See {Haughty}.] The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance. Syn: Arrogance; disdain; contemptuousness; superciliousness; loftiness. Usage: {Haughtiness}, {Arrogance}, {Disdain}. Haughtiness denotes the expression of conscious and proud superiority; arrogance is a disposition to claim for one's self more than is justly due, and enforce it to the utmost; disdain in the exact reverse of condescension toward inferiors, since it expresses and desires others to feel how far below ourselves we consider them. A person is haughty in disposition and demeanor; arrogant in his claims of homage and deference; disdainful even in accepting the deference which his haughtiness leads him arrogantly to exact.

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