hauteur

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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“Hauteur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hauteur. Accessed 11 Dec. 2023.

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