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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arrogance \Ar"ro*gance\, n. [F., fr L. arrogantia fr
arrogans See {Arrogant}.]
The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an
overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in
exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or
which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an
undue degree; proud contempt of others lordliness;
haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption.
I hate not you for her proud arrogance. --Shak.
Syn: Haughtiness; hauteur; assumption; lordliness;
presumption; pride; disdain; insolence; conceit;
conceitedness. See {Haughtiness}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
arrogance
n : overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward
inferiors [syn: {haughtiness}, {lordliness}]
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