Definition

Arrogance (noun) 1. An attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions: The quality of being arrogant; having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities, often with a corresponding lack of respect for others. 2. Overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors: A feeling of self-importance that leads to treating other people as if they are less important.

Usage

• Arrogance is an uncountable noun. It describes a quality or characteristic of a person or their behavior.
• It is typically used in a negative context to criticize someone's attitude.
• Common collocations:

Examples

• His arrogance made it difficult for him to make friends.
• The manager's arrorgance was evident in the way he dismissed his team's suggestions.
• She interpreted his confidence as arrogance.
• The company's arrogance led to its downfall when it ignored customer feedback.

Advanced Usage

• Intellectual arrogance: A dismissive attitude towards the ideas or knowledge of others, believing one's own intellect is superior.
  • His intellectual arrogance prevented him from considering alternative theories.
• Professional arrogance: An overconfidence in one's professional judgment, often leading to a disregard for protocols or colleagues' input.
  • The surgeon's professional arrogance was a concern for the medical board.

Variants and Related Words

• Arrogant (adjective): Having or showing arrogance.
  • He was too arrogant to admit he was wrong.
• Arrogantly (adverb): In an arrogant manner.
  • He arrogantly assumed he would win the election.

Synonyms

• Haughtiness: The appearance or quality of being arrogantly superior and disdainful.
• Hubris: Excessive pride or self-confidence, often leading to downfall (a more literary term).
• Conceit: Excessive pride in oneself.
• Superciliousness: Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.

Antonyms

• Humility: A modest or low view of one's own importance.
• Modesty: The quality of being unassuming in the estimation of one's abilities.

Idioms and Phrases

• An air of arrogance: A noticeable quality or impression of arrogance in someone's manner.
  • Despite his youth, he carried himself with an air of arrogance.

Noun

1. overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors