as in arrogance
an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims
can't bear the superciliousness of her cousin, who lives in New York City and thinks everybody in Tennessee is a hick
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Recent Examples of superciliousness
However, in the wrong hands, being silent can signal disdain and superciliousness.
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Matteo Atti, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Matteo Atti, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for superciliousness
Noun
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This propensity for mental acrobatics, alongside his immense arrogance, was how Epstein rationalized his crimes to himself.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
25 Oct. 2025
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Using him comes across as arrogance.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Europeans, including Las Casas initially, claimed superiority as Christians, as most of the Africans Europeans encountered were either Muslim or animist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Their innovation is to replace the demagogue’s roar with the bureaucrat’s moral superiority.—
Alexis Coe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Superciliousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superciliousness. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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