as in arrogance
an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims
she looked at him with the hauteur of someone who is accustomed to being instantly obeyed
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Recent Examples of hauteur
Charles de Gaulle ruled with hauteur and impatience, often alienating allies while imposing coherence on a fractured state.
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Philip Martin, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2026
Her tall hauteur was piquant in combination with her soft Derbyshire accent.
—Tessa Hadley, New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2026
Rosamund Pike, playing the spirit of loving filthy lucre over life itself, elevates a standard villain through the high timing of her theatrical hauteur.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
There was some explanation for his elusiveness, quite apart from the everyday hauteur of the fashion industry.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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Philip Martin, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2026
Her tall hauteur was piquant in combination with her soft Derbyshire accent.
—Tessa Hadley, New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2026
Rosamund Pike, playing the spirit of loving filthy lucre over life itself, elevates a standard villain through the high timing of her theatrical hauteur.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
There was some explanation for his elusiveness, quite apart from the everyday hauteur of the fashion industry.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hauteur
Noun
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While their energies differ, nearly all of them share the same basic drives (money, power, status) and the same fundamental flaws (greed, arrogance, selfishness).—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2026
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Their defensive style can look like arrogance or hostility.—
Paul Sanchez Ruiz,
The Conversation,
6 Apr. 2026
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Critics accused American Eagle and Sweeney of creating an ad that implied that white people from a European background have genetic superiority over everyone else.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
9 Apr. 2026
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They have been used so often, the labels have worked to beguile the Democratic base into accepting that Republicans really are evil, that all the hyperbolic language is true and that progressives should be proud of their moral and intellectual superiority.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Hauteur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hauteur. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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