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 distortions of segregation in the South in the forties left their mark, to be sure, but behind his tropism for the limelight, underneath all the braggadocio that is mistaken for arrogance, lies Jesse Louis Jackson's greatest longing in life—the lust for legitimacy.
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Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
That’s the arrogance of people.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
Raised on a strict diet of toughness and discipline by his father, Dean arrives with undeniable talent – and an arrogance that quickly earns him enemies.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
Things moved about at the top with a little more arrogance and zip but at the bottom was the ever-moving present.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
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Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
That’s the arrogance of people.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
Raised on a strict diet of toughness and discipline by his father, Dean arrives with undeniable talent – and an arrogance that quickly earns him enemies.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
Things moved about at the top with a little more arrogance and zip but at the bottom was the ever-moving present.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrogance
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But there is little doubt, officials and experts say, that spying efforts are intensifying as the world’s two dominant superpowers, the United States and China, battle for superiority across economic, technological, military and ideological fronts.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
26 Feb. 2026
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By now, everyone in the SEC realizes football superiority isn’t a birthright.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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However, Secretary Kennedy has made no secret of his disdain for mainstream medical journals.—
Will Stone,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2026
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Has any horror-movie series simultaneously expressed passive-aggressive disdain for, and outright pandered to, horror-movie fans as much as the Scream films?—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 2026
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Other Seminole officials who attended the public meeting at University Carillon United Methodist Church said they were also taken aback by Orange officials’ attitude toward the project.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2026
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Some people regard weed-killers and herbicides as dangerous for consumers and the environment, an attitude lent ballast by lawsuits filed against the makers of Roundup, owned previously by Monsanto and now part of Bayer.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2026
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Pearl revels in wickedness, presenting a literary world in which a successful writer’s haughtiness is both encouraged and rewarded.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2025
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Love this imperiousness aimed at doctors from a hospital bed.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
21 Nov. 2025
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However, in the wrong hands, being silent can signal disdain and superciliousness.—
Matteo Atti,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The exquisite film, Derek vs Derek, raises pressing environmental issues, while conducting an exquisite study of idiosyncrasies at the same time, free of any pretension, though full of humor and substance.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2026
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With his dweeby air, pretensions and position at the helm of an active production, Arthur is the Liz Lemon of this setup, but with the emphases reversed.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2026
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Aggie is appalled at Nile’s presumptuousness, his entitlement.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
6 Dec. 2025
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Optimistic Miami Dolphins fans — assuming there are any left right now; forgive the presumptuousness — could find a way to be (relatively) encouraged coming out of Thursday night’s game.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Arrogance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrogance. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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