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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disdainfulness
Noun
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The lines between competitive stubbornness and plain old stubbornness, a healthy arrogance and prideful ignorance are pretty thin.—
Will Graves,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 June 2025 -
Individuals with big egos display excessive pride in their abilities and accomplishments, often leading to arrogance and overconfidence.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Still, with all of this fiery momentum comes a series of retrograde transits encouraging us to rethink, reassess and re-evaluate Mars-y themes such as autonomy, freedom and self-assertion.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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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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The prevailing view is that the Club World Cup is FIFA being FIFA: a mass of hubris which could easily be mistaken for a money-making exercise.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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Youssef makes Jeff bro-ish enough to hang with this crowd but outsider enough to chafe at its hubris.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 May 2025
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Its presumptions about free speech match those of our time, but not those of their own.—
Fara Dabhoiwala,
Harpers Magazine,
4 June 2025
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The presumption in this case is that the firm is delivering a message its clients want to see permeate.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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“Disdainfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disdainfulness. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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